110 reviews for:

One Step Behind

Henning Mankell

3.96 AVERAGE

nuthatch's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

julie_sapienza's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

outi's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

holmfridurhp's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

mapdock's review against another edition

4.0

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Devoured this on a long plane ride. It is only the second or third I've read in this series, but it was at least as good if not better than anything up to this point; a great place to start. Wallander is an awesome character, full of flaws and amazing all at the same time. You really feel the tension build, and the ending is fantastic. Mankell is incredibly good at pacing himself, but never boring.

aarony22's review against another edition

3.0

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Wallander is so sympathisch
Hätte gern mehr über das Motiv des Mörders erfahren, so interessant

elga_sii's review against another edition

4.0

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After all the crime novels and series that depict detective work almost like magic - often in power, almost faster than the criminals, seeing the right threads with some prophetic vision - this seemed to be more realistic and maybe even honest depiction of what could a squad's life be like while solving a serial killer's case. There is a very human dimension to most of the characters as they go along solving the case without sleeping, doubting their choice in profession and also the whole Swedish society, and still feeling horrified by all the events. Herning has this ability to balance the main character's rumination with the outside world, so it has a very real feel to it. Also cool - everything is happening in Sweden.

bookwormseray's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

his_reidness's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

a_l's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Best crime novel I have ever read and I read a lot in the genre