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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
La ora cinci şi trei minute, mă năpădesc părerile de rău: un regret irezistibil care mă înspăimântă şi o ia la goană prin trup în vreme ce horcăi şi icnesc după aer. Tremur, mă înfior şi dau din picioare ca să mă eliberez, dar degeaba.
Peste alte două minute, inspirările disperate ale plămânilor mei s-au oprit în sfârşit. Observ că nu mai am nevoie de aer, ci atârn pur şi simplu de o funie, conştient că trupul meu îşi dă stingerea, organ după organ şi mădular după mădular.
După opt minute aud apa lovind dalele de pe podea, sub mine. Un zgomot scrâşnit îmi scapă din gâtlej, în timp ce şiroaie de lacrimi mi se scurg pe obraji, drenând ce-a mai rămas din mine în canalele de scurgere din podea. Simt că îngheţ.
Şi apoi ea se află acolo, înaintea mea, la fel de cenuşie ca restul încăperii. Simt nevoia să râd, să strig de bucurie c-o revăd. Încerc să deschid gura, să-i spun că sunt fericit pe cât poate fi cineva vreodată. În loc de asta, aud o pocnitură şi în secunda următoare zac pe podea. Apa duşurilor închisorii îmi spală faţa în timp ce arătătorul negru al ceasului de perete tremură pregătindu-se să treacă la următorul marcaj.
Este cinci şi zece.
Peste alte două minute, inspirările disperate ale plămânilor mei s-au oprit în sfârşit. Observ că nu mai am nevoie de aer, ci atârn pur şi simplu de o funie, conştient că trupul meu îşi dă stingerea, organ după organ şi mădular după mădular.
După opt minute aud apa lovind dalele de pe podea, sub mine. Un zgomot scrâşnit îmi scapă din gâtlej, în timp ce şiroaie de lacrimi mi se scurg pe obraji, drenând ce-a mai rămas din mine în canalele de scurgere din podea. Simt că îngheţ.
Şi apoi ea se află acolo, înaintea mea, la fel de cenuşie ca restul încăperii. Simt nevoia să râd, să strig de bucurie c-o revăd. Încerc să deschid gura, să-i spun că sunt fericit pe cât poate fi cineva vreodată. În loc de asta, aud o pocnitură şi în secunda următoare zac pe podea. Apa duşurilor închisorii îmi spală faţa în timp ce arătătorul negru al ceasului de perete tremură pregătindu-se să treacă la următorul marcaj.
Este cinci şi zece.
Lo terminé hace rato y me llevó su tiempo leerlo. Lo comencé a leer en el hospital mientras mi padre estuvo internado y lo terminé un poco después de que él falleciera. Quizás mi estado de ánimo puede haber influido o no, sobre mi opinión de este libro. Congeníe con el protagonista en cierta forma porque me sentía identificada con él, paso que daba, tortazo le daba la vida, el pobre iba de mal en peor tal como me pasaba a mí. Llega un punto que ya todo te exaspera, que quieres tirar la toalla y mandar todo al carajo. Así es lo que experimenta el protagonista, es una historia bastante depresiva con un tinte "sobrenatural" y una investigación policial de por medio. Pareciera que tiene todos los elementos para ser del tipo de historias que me gustan, pero no lo logró. De hecho entre más se acercaba a su fin, más lo terminé odiando.
Rescato la originalidad, lo bien creado el ambiente depresivo pero hasta ahí llega la cosa. Un libro que entretiene pero no destaca en nada.
Rescato la originalidad, lo bien creado el ambiente depresivo pero hasta ahí llega la cosa. Un libro que entretiene pero no destaca en nada.
I do not think I’ve ever struggled to finish a book but unfortunately I just couldn’t do it. I love an unreliable narrator but Thorkild was all over the place to the point where it was simply confusing and annoying. Moreover, way too much text on his bowel movements… Clearly this book just was not for me.
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dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My first Nordic Noir book complete! Is this the best mystery plot I’ve ever read? No, but it’s certainly not the worst. It is however one of the most interesting character reads I’ve ever read in a mystery novel. Thorkild Aske has had a wild life before we are thrust into his world and try to piece him together as a person. As a character study alone, this novel is well worth reading and I had zero issues with the English translation!
Now this is a tricky one to review. This was well-written, the story was quite captivating and easy and fast to read, but I'm not sure I actually liked this book.
Thorkild Aske is a former police officer, straight out of prison, who finds himself in the north of Norway after a young man goes missing on a lighthouse island. Aske's backstory unravels along the rest of the story and only starts to make sense about 2/3 of the way in. He's not an exactly likable man, not really a good man either, but really his only big mistake has been to fall in love. Sounds like the biggest cliche there is, but it comes with a twist.
The disappearance of the young man both is and isn't interesting. There is something predictable about it, but when Aske starts to look into it more some supernatural-ish things pop up and there are even horror elements in this book. The end, while not the most predictable, wasn't quite as interesting as I would have hoped it to be. It all goes down fairly quickly and feels like revelations happen only because they have to.
This wasn't a bad book, not by any means, and while it sucked me in, I struggled with the ending.
Thorkild Aske is a former police officer, straight out of prison, who finds himself in the north of Norway after a young man goes missing on a lighthouse island. Aske's backstory unravels along the rest of the story and only starts to make sense about 2/3 of the way in. He's not an exactly likable man, not really a good man either, but really his only big mistake has been to fall in love. Sounds like the biggest cliche there is, but it comes with a twist.
The disappearance of the young man both is and isn't interesting. There is something predictable about it, but when Aske starts to look into it more some supernatural-ish things pop up and there are even horror elements in this book. The end, while not the most predictable, wasn't quite as interesting as I would have hoped it to be. It all goes down fairly quickly and feels like revelations happen only because they have to.
This wasn't a bad book, not by any means, and while it sucked me in, I struggled with the ending.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
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Thank you for the copy @bloomsburyindia.
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Lately I've been investing my time in reading translated books so when this particular novel was gifted, I was ecstatic. Originally written in Norwegian by Heine Bakkeid and translated into English by Anne Bruce, this novel was the first in the series that featured Thorkild Aske. I always enjoy a good thriller be it psychological or a plain old murder case. But what I encountered in this novel was slightly different from the ones that I read in the past and I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. Although the translation was carried out well, it all felt a bit too forced.
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Thorkild Aske is an ex- Chief Inspector in his forties, freshly out of prison for being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. With no friends on the outside apart from his sister and a psychiatrist, he is still deeply haunted by his past. He contemplates his death almost every free second and can't seem to begin his day without the pack of tablets that he carries at all times. The accident in which he lost his beloved Frei and for which he was sent to prison, heaves his life upside down. While he is still struggling to come to terms with her loss, he is handed over a case of unearthing Frei's cousin who went missing somewhere near the Norwegian coast. Much to his annoyance, he is forced to hunt down the young man even though deep down he believes that the man might be dead.
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The story starts fairly simple and picks up pace only when he arrives at the coastal area. But the case gets messy when he finds the body of a young woman whom no one has reported missing instead of that of the young man. Things begin to look murky when couple of police officers go missing around the same time and Aske is convinced that there's foul play involved. Rest of the story proceeds to unravel the murderer in great detail. Apart from narrating the murder mystery, the author has taken an interest in imbibing supernatural activites to enhance the story. This is where the story began to lose it's grip on me.
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One of the most crucial things to nail a murder mystery is the sense of unpredictability that the story carries. Unfortunately, in this story I knew right from the start who the murderer was and my guess turned out to be right. This novel had great potential but it fell short of a lot of aspects that makes a perfect thriller. The language for instance still had a fierce presence in spite of the translation. The main character Aske, was not my favorite. In fact, his entire relationship with Frei seemed very weak and amateurish which is why his obsession with his past didn't quite seem right. Most of the book was stretched like a bubblegum in which Aske deals with his drug problem and the accident. It felt repetitive and unnecessarily lengthy. What could have been a solid crime mystery felt very average.
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Rating - 3.3/5.
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Thank you for the copy @bloomsburyindia.
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Lately I've been investing my time in reading translated books so when this particular novel was gifted, I was ecstatic. Originally written in Norwegian by Heine Bakkeid and translated into English by Anne Bruce, this novel was the first in the series that featured Thorkild Aske. I always enjoy a good thriller be it psychological or a plain old murder case. But what I encountered in this novel was slightly different from the ones that I read in the past and I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. Although the translation was carried out well, it all felt a bit too forced.
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Thorkild Aske is an ex- Chief Inspector in his forties, freshly out of prison for being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. With no friends on the outside apart from his sister and a psychiatrist, he is still deeply haunted by his past. He contemplates his death almost every free second and can't seem to begin his day without the pack of tablets that he carries at all times. The accident in which he lost his beloved Frei and for which he was sent to prison, heaves his life upside down. While he is still struggling to come to terms with her loss, he is handed over a case of unearthing Frei's cousin who went missing somewhere near the Norwegian coast. Much to his annoyance, he is forced to hunt down the young man even though deep down he believes that the man might be dead.
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The story starts fairly simple and picks up pace only when he arrives at the coastal area. But the case gets messy when he finds the body of a young woman whom no one has reported missing instead of that of the young man. Things begin to look murky when couple of police officers go missing around the same time and Aske is convinced that there's foul play involved. Rest of the story proceeds to unravel the murderer in great detail. Apart from narrating the murder mystery, the author has taken an interest in imbibing supernatural activites to enhance the story. This is where the story began to lose it's grip on me.
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One of the most crucial things to nail a murder mystery is the sense of unpredictability that the story carries. Unfortunately, in this story I knew right from the start who the murderer was and my guess turned out to be right. This novel had great potential but it fell short of a lot of aspects that makes a perfect thriller. The language for instance still had a fierce presence in spite of the translation. The main character Aske, was not my favorite. In fact, his entire relationship with Frei seemed very weak and amateurish which is why his obsession with his past didn't quite seem right. Most of the book was stretched like a bubblegum in which Aske deals with his drug problem and the accident. It felt repetitive and unnecessarily lengthy. What could have been a solid crime mystery felt very average.
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Rating - 3.3/5.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes