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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
This may have crime but it's not a book about crime. It's about life, friendship, love, family, memories both remembered and forgotten. It's about so much more than the crime, although important to the plot but it's not just that.
Beautifully written, a book that pulls you in and has such atmospheric landscapes just perfect to get lost into while reading. I feel like I traveled all the way to Scotland and felt the wind, and cold of the rain, heard the sea and the howling gale. I'm still trying to pull myself out of the book.
Amazing!
Beautifully written, a book that pulls you in and has such atmospheric landscapes just perfect to get lost into while reading. I feel like I traveled all the way to Scotland and felt the wind, and cold of the rain, heard the sea and the howling gale. I'm still trying to pull myself out of the book.
Amazing!
I hadn't read Peter May before. Now I know I'll read everything that he's written. This is the first in a project trilogy featuring Scottish detective Fin MacLeod. Fin is a police detective in Edinburgh who has been investigating a series of grisly murders. When a similar murder turns up in remote Lewis Island, in the Outer Hebrides, Fin is sent. The local detective isn't particularly happy to have an outside coming in. However, Fin is even more unhappy because he was born and raised on this island and hasn't been back for nearly 18 years. Now he not only has to find a murderer, but he also has to confront his own past. At the same time he is mourning the death of his 8 year old son who was killed in a hit and run accident and the end of his marriage. This is some of the best writing I've read in a crime novel in a while. It's more than just a murder mystery - much more. I'm already looking forward to the next one in the series.
"A casa negra" é um livro fantástico, uma experiência que me prendeu desde as primeiras páginas e que não consegui pousar até descobrir todos os segredos e saber tudo o que aconteceu na parte final.
A história tem uma boa premissa para um policial interessante (um homicídio numa terra inóspita, onde o protagonista cresceu e de onde saiu para nunca mais voltar, mas que sendo polícia se vê forçado a regressar e a encarar todos os fantasmas do passado), mas acaba por ser muito menos dedicado à parte policial da resolução do crime do que eu alguma vez pensei. A história desenrola-se toda em volta do passado de Fin e das coisas que lhe aconteceram, intercaladas com a realidade actual dos seus dias na ilha de Lewis do que propriamente em torno do crime que o levou a lá voltar.
É um livro muito bom, mas diferente do que esperava. Para além disso, a comparação de Peter May a Daniel Silva na capa da edição portuguesa do mesmo é, na minha opinião, totalmente descabida e enganadora. Silva é fantástico e May para lá caminha, mas são estilos completamente incomparáveis, não percebo esta publicidade, sinceramente.
A história tem uma boa premissa para um policial interessante (um homicídio numa terra inóspita, onde o protagonista cresceu e de onde saiu para nunca mais voltar, mas que sendo polícia se vê forçado a regressar e a encarar todos os fantasmas do passado), mas acaba por ser muito menos dedicado à parte policial da resolução do crime do que eu alguma vez pensei. A história desenrola-se toda em volta do passado de Fin e das coisas que lhe aconteceram, intercaladas com a realidade actual dos seus dias na ilha de Lewis do que propriamente em torno do crime que o levou a lá voltar.
É um livro muito bom, mas diferente do que esperava. Para além disso, a comparação de Peter May a Daniel Silva na capa da edição portuguesa do mesmo é, na minha opinião, totalmente descabida e enganadora. Silva é fantástico e May para lá caminha, mas são estilos completamente incomparáveis, não percebo esta publicidade, sinceramente.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The book is well written and I will definitely read the sequel. The story is surprising and thrilling until the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault
I liked the book and will definitely finish the trilogy. The story was good but at times a bit predictable. I'm looking forward to book two taking a deeper interest in the lives of the characters.
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I read this book shortly after visiting the Isle of Lewis. The descriptions of weather and landscape reinforced my recent visit and added more context.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Toxic friendship
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:
Yes
C’est pour moi le deuxième livre de Peter May et je dois dire que j’apprécie toujours autant.
Cette fois l’auteur nous emmène au fin fond des highlands en Écosse. Ayant moi-même eu l’opportunité de vivre en Écosse pendant six mois et d’avoir découvert les highlands en road trip, ce livre m’a tout particulièrement touché puisqu’elle me rappelle mon expatriation.
Les descriptions sont toujours aussi vivante et les personnages toujours aussi attachant. Je vais m’empresser de lire le deuxième volet !
Cette fois l’auteur nous emmène au fin fond des highlands en Écosse. Ayant moi-même eu l’opportunité de vivre en Écosse pendant six mois et d’avoir découvert les highlands en road trip, ce livre m’a tout particulièrement touché puisqu’elle me rappelle mon expatriation.
Les descriptions sont toujours aussi vivante et les personnages toujours aussi attachant. Je vais m’empresser de lire le deuxième volet !