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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The first half of this book was hilarious and smart. It dragged a little midway through, which is why 4 stars not 5, but the end is gold.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The spare and matter-of-fact prose is excellent: polished, fast-moving, and frequently hilarious.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've come to understand that while I do not know all the forms of humor I love, I Undoubtedly love the Swedish sense of humor - that form of writing that elicits a laugh not at the end of a line or two or even ten, but at the end of three pages when you understand how the irony works, how the accidents work, how the coincidences work, That form of humor is beautiful. There is also another form of writing Jonas Jonasson Nails and that is dry humor - when he performs reveals about the three Chinese women or about how a group of the unlikeliest people are bundled together in a place you'd never expect, or when a Mossad agent finds himself outwitted by a cleaning woman but that isn't written in a slapstick sort of way, but extremely gracefully - like a bird gliding to a slow and steady landing. I suppose that's the only way to describe This humor style - graceful comedy.
Then there's the whole drama with the Twins - Holger and Holger II and the way the non-existence of the latter (you Have to be there) is portrayed both as extremely tragic to the afflicted and as hilarious to the reader - the whole set of experiences left me grinning ear to ear on walks as I heard the encounters one after another and many a passerby probably wondered why I was smiling so much.
You simply must read about The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden, because Nombeko, the star of the book has had quite the interesting journey :)
Then there's the whole drama with the Twins - Holger and Holger II and the way the non-existence of the latter (you Have to be there) is portrayed both as extremely tragic to the afflicted and as hilarious to the reader - the whole set of experiences left me grinning ear to ear on walks as I heard the encounters one after another and many a passerby probably wondered why I was smiling so much.
You simply must read about The Girl Who Saved The King of Sweden, because Nombeko, the star of the book has had quite the interesting journey :)
I loved the writing style in this book. It was quirky, light-hearted, and quite often laugh-out-loud funny. I also found the characters interesting, particularly Nombeko, Holger Two, the Mossad agents, and the king. However, I felt that the story dragged on longer than it needed to, and I did start to lose interest in it. I enjoyed the first few outrageously ridiculous scenarios that they found themselves in, but then it kept happening and became a little tiresome.
I haven't read any of Jonasson's other books, but I think I will after reading this one. I enjoy his humour and fun writing style. I just hope that his other works get to the point a little faster than this one did.
I haven't read any of Jonasson's other books, but I think I will after reading this one. I enjoy his humour and fun writing style. I just hope that his other works get to the point a little faster than this one did.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Jag är skeptisk till boken i allmänhet. Medan jag läste den var det en riktig bladvändare som jag hade stora svårigheter att lägga ifrån mig, men efter att jag var färdig med boken lämnade den efter en känsla av att jag hade blivit lurad. På något sätt fick den mig att känna att den lurat mig att den var jättebra fast den egentligen bara var sådär. Det var en oväntad känsla efter att ha läst en bok.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A