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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
Mycket spännande deckardebut och jag ser fram emot att läsa mer av Lina Bengtsdotter. Läs min recension här: https://ewelinasbokblogg.blogspot.se/2017/08/annabelle.html
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
En flicka försvinner i en håla i västergötland och stockholmspolisen Charlie Lager får uppdraget, vilket betyder att hon måste återvända till sina barndomstrakter, vilket inte är alldeles behagligt då hennes historia där inte är så rosenskimrande.
Jag tycker om det här, det påminner mig om Jacksons Silvervägen och Ödesmark. Känslan att storyn handlar lika mycket om själva platsen och de trasiga människoödena som om själva händelsen/utredningen/brottet.
Jag tycker om det här, det påminner mig om Jacksons Silvervägen och Ödesmark. Känslan att storyn handlar lika mycket om själva platsen och de trasiga människoödena som om själva händelsen/utredningen/brottet.
DI Charlie Lager has been sent to investigate the case of Annabelle, a teenage girl who has gone missing. The trouble is Charlie grew up in the very town that Annabelle has gone missing from, and as she gets closer to the truth about Annabelle her own ghosts from the past start to appear.
I struggled a bit with this book from the very start. I felt disconnected from the characters, II couldn’t work out what was happenening sometimes and I had to go back to reread some parts because it seemed to jump very quickly from one part to another. I did finish it however, because I wanted to find out what had happened but the ending was also a let down for me.
Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
I struggled a bit with this book from the very start. I felt disconnected from the characters, II couldn’t work out what was happenening sometimes and I had to go back to reread some parts because it seemed to jump very quickly from one part to another. I did finish it however, because I wanted to find out what had happened but the ending was also a let down for me.
Many thanks to Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
3,5/5. Bon petit thriller/polar. Une intrigue captivante et bien menée. Des personnages intéressants et une écriture fluide. Le tout fonctionne bien, mais l’auteure se contente d’appliquer une recette. On ne joue pas avec les codes, on ne réinvente pas le genre, on applique une formule gagnante. Et ça marche, on apprécie la lecture, mais est-ce qu’on a envie de se précipiter sur le prochain livre de cette auteure, malheureusement non. De plus, pour moi, la fin tombait un peu à plat. Mon choix du mois de la sélection du mois de mars du prix des lecteurs du livre de poche. Efficace, mais sans feux d’artifices.
Charlie (Charline) Lager is a police detective working in Stockholm for the National Operations Department. Single, in her mid-thirties, she depends on anti-depressants, alcohol, and various pharmaceuticals to get her though her days. Once in a while, she'll sleep with a stranger to just feel close to someone. She is messed up. Charlie has always been messed up. The child of single mother living in the impoverished small Swedish town of Gullspång, Charlie had been on intimate terms with chaos and turmoil for her entire life. Charlie was put into foster care at the age of fourteen, the same time she moved to Stockholm.
Now, two decades later, she is returning to Gullspång for the first time. She and her police partner Anders Bratt are tasked with a missing persons case. A seventeen year-old young woman has vanished after attending a party. The young woman is someone who Charlie can identify with. Someone who is complex, very intelligent, very beautiful, and it would seem... very messed up. Her name was Annabelle Roos.
The investigation into Annabelle's disappearance brings Charlie back into contact with her childhood friend, Susanne, and also exposes the dark underbelly of Gullspång, an outwardly beautiful small town where Charlie owns a house. Her mother's house which was never in great shape is now falling into ruin since being abandoned years before.
Anders, who has a wife and young child at home in Stockholm, is constantly on the phone with his wife, who seems needy and ridden with unwarranted jealousy. Charlie, despite her reassurances to her bosses in Stockholm, finds solace in alcohol while in Gullspång. This culminates with Charlie being suspended from the case. It has now been two weeks since the beautiful, strawberry blond, Annabel disappeared...
Meanwhile, the reader is made privy to a backstory that took place many years earlier. The story of two young girls named Alice and Rosa. Best friends, they both come from highly dysfunctional homes.
MY THOUGHTS
D.I. Charlie Lager was a unique and interesting protagonist whom I will follow throughout this quality series. Though translated, the narrative flowed seamlessly at a good pace. The descriptions of the Swedish towns and landscape immersed me in the story.
Though the premise of a missing child is not a new one, Bengstdotter breathes fresh life and more than a little suspense into her series debut. I enjoy a 'damaged' protagonist and Charlie surely fills that bill. All of the characters in this novel were written with understanding and empathy. Charlie's partner, Anders, was a good foil for her.
Though I've read some reviews by readers who found the ending a tad disappointing, I heartily disagree. I found the end realistic, therefore apt.
The backstory of the girls Rosa and Alice was at once mesmerizing and appalling. The author neatly joined the various stories together to form a cohesive and believable whole.
"For the Missing" is an excellent start to a quality Swedish police procedural series. Like all Scandinavian noir, it exposed the dark, secretive underbelly of the picturesque landscape. I am very much looking forward to the second novel in the series. Highly recommended.
I received a complimentary digital copy of "For the Missing" from Orion Publishing Group via NetGalley. I provided this review voluntarily.
Now, two decades later, she is returning to Gullspång for the first time. She and her police partner Anders Bratt are tasked with a missing persons case. A seventeen year-old young woman has vanished after attending a party. The young woman is someone who Charlie can identify with. Someone who is complex, very intelligent, very beautiful, and it would seem... very messed up. Her name was Annabelle Roos.
The investigation into Annabelle's disappearance brings Charlie back into contact with her childhood friend, Susanne, and also exposes the dark underbelly of Gullspång, an outwardly beautiful small town where Charlie owns a house. Her mother's house which was never in great shape is now falling into ruin since being abandoned years before.
Anders, who has a wife and young child at home in Stockholm, is constantly on the phone with his wife, who seems needy and ridden with unwarranted jealousy. Charlie, despite her reassurances to her bosses in Stockholm, finds solace in alcohol while in Gullspång. This culminates with Charlie being suspended from the case. It has now been two weeks since the beautiful, strawberry blond, Annabel disappeared...
Meanwhile, the reader is made privy to a backstory that took place many years earlier. The story of two young girls named Alice and Rosa. Best friends, they both come from highly dysfunctional homes.
MY THOUGHTS
D.I. Charlie Lager was a unique and interesting protagonist whom I will follow throughout this quality series. Though translated, the narrative flowed seamlessly at a good pace. The descriptions of the Swedish towns and landscape immersed me in the story.
Though the premise of a missing child is not a new one, Bengstdotter breathes fresh life and more than a little suspense into her series debut. I enjoy a 'damaged' protagonist and Charlie surely fills that bill. All of the characters in this novel were written with understanding and empathy. Charlie's partner, Anders, was a good foil for her.
Though I've read some reviews by readers who found the ending a tad disappointing, I heartily disagree. I found the end realistic, therefore apt.
The backstory of the girls Rosa and Alice was at once mesmerizing and appalling. The author neatly joined the various stories together to form a cohesive and believable whole.
"For the Missing" is an excellent start to a quality Swedish police procedural series. Like all Scandinavian noir, it exposed the dark, secretive underbelly of the picturesque landscape. I am very much looking forward to the second novel in the series. Highly recommended.
I received a complimentary digital copy of "For the Missing" from Orion Publishing Group via NetGalley. I provided this review voluntarily.
I ended up reading two books with a fairly similar premise one after another and sadly this wasn't the better of them. Annabelle, a beautiful girl from a small town goes missing and Charlier Lager, a Stockholm detective is sent to find her. Of course Charlie also happens to be from the same town this disappeared in.
The premise is fine. It's not original, but there is potential with it. Sadly I feel like a good chunk of that potential was wasted with flashback scenes featuring both Annabelle on the day she goes missing and two other girls years before. And really, it's the story of these two girls decades ago that forms the backbone and big secret and reveal of this book. It's also what didn't work for me. Yes, the storylines are connected, but there are things that don't get an explanation (maybe that happens in the next book) and it made me feel like the book was missing something.
The characters... Well, imagine a bunch of people from small town with nothing to look forward to in the future, alcoholism, secrets, drugs and you have the characters of this story. Charlie isn't much of an exception to the regular detective mould either with her drinking problem and troubled past. I think I was expecting too much from this book and that's why I was disappointed. I mean, it wasn't a bad book, it's just something I won't remember two months from now.
The premise is fine. It's not original, but there is potential with it. Sadly I feel like a good chunk of that potential was wasted with flashback scenes featuring both Annabelle on the day she goes missing and two other girls years before. And really, it's the story of these two girls decades ago that forms the backbone and big secret and reveal of this book. It's also what didn't work for me. Yes, the storylines are connected, but there are things that don't get an explanation (maybe that happens in the next book) and it made me feel like the book was missing something.
The characters... Well, imagine a bunch of people from small town with nothing to look forward to in the future, alcoholism, secrets, drugs and you have the characters of this story. Charlie isn't much of an exception to the regular detective mould either with her drinking problem and troubled past. I think I was expecting too much from this book and that's why I was disappointed. I mean, it wasn't a bad book, it's just something I won't remember two months from now.
Ik heb eerst het nieuwste boek gelezen ‘de kinderen die het bos ingingen’ en na die lees moest ik gewoon de eerste lezen namelijk deze ‘de vrouw die terug moest’
Charlie lager is een zalig personage, een dame met veel ballen aan haar lijf en met mogelijk nog meer struggles waardoor je echt meeleeft met haar en ook zoveel mogelijk over haar wil te weten komen.
Net zoals het nieuwste boek is ook dit verhaal weer tot in de puntjes uitgewerkt, heel spannend en de manier van schrijven ook weer heel verfrissend.
Het is een hele fijne manier van lezen omdat de schrijfster ook hier weer voor zorgt dat het onderzoek niet zo klassiek politieonderzoek aanvoelt en dat bevalt me wel.
Het leest als een trein en zorgt voor een heel ontspannend lees, ik vond hem net iets “minder” als de nieuwste ‘de kinderen die het bos ingingen’ maar zeker een ⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️)-waard!! Ik ben fan en kijk uit naar meer werk van Lina bengstdotter in de toekomst.
Charlie lager is een zalig personage, een dame met veel ballen aan haar lijf en met mogelijk nog meer struggles waardoor je echt meeleeft met haar en ook zoveel mogelijk over haar wil te weten komen.
Net zoals het nieuwste boek is ook dit verhaal weer tot in de puntjes uitgewerkt, heel spannend en de manier van schrijven ook weer heel verfrissend.
Het is een hele fijne manier van lezen omdat de schrijfster ook hier weer voor zorgt dat het onderzoek niet zo klassiek politieonderzoek aanvoelt en dat bevalt me wel.
Het leest als een trein en zorgt voor een heel ontspannend lees, ik vond hem net iets “minder” als de nieuwste ‘de kinderen die het bos ingingen’ maar zeker een ⭐️⭐️⭐️(⭐️)-waard!! Ik ben fan en kijk uit naar meer werk van Lina bengstdotter in de toekomst.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Tämä ei suuremmin tehnyt minuun vaikutusta. Tarina ei sinänsä erotu dekkarimassasta - ongelmainen poliisi lähtee selvittämään rikosta pienelle kotipaikkakunnalleen ja joutuu kohtaamaan oman menneisyytensä haamut ratkoessaan murhaa. Kyllä tämä ihan meni äänikirjana lenkkikaverina, viihdyttikin, mutta ehkä dekkarikiintiöni on jo niin täynnä, että harva kirja säväyttää enään suuremmin.