Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Krokodilwächter by Katrine Engberg, Ulrich Sonnenberg

13 reviews

maxire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Blood, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

mynameisrebecca's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

singalana's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Kirja oli erittäin vetävä ja nopealukuinen, “perinteinen” thrilleri, missä poliisikaksikko jahtaa murhaajaa. Krokotiilinvartija on Katrine Engbergin esikoisteos, ja jos kehityssuunta jatkuu, tulen varmasti lukemaan myös hänen tulevat kirjansa. 

Kirjan päähenkilöitä ovat rikostutkijat Jeppe Kørner ja Anette Werner, mutta tarinaa kerrotaan myös muiden hahmojen perspektiiveistä. Kirjassa tutustutaan ehkä hieman enemmän Jeppeen, ja toivoisinkin, että jatkossa myös Anetteen kiinnitettään enemmän huomiota. Kirjassa on moninainen joukko hahmoja, jotka on mielestäni toteutettu elävästi. 

Tarina sijoittuu Kööpenhaminaan, elokuun puoliväliin. Nuori nainen löytyy murhattuna asunnostaan, ja tutkinnan edetessä henkilöiden menneisyydestä pajastuu salaisuuksia. Pidin kirjailijan tyylistä kirjoittaa, sillä kuvailu ja tapahtumat olivat mielestäni sopivassa suhteessa, vaikka muutamassa kohdassa lause jäi vähän epäselväksi, mutta en tiedä onko tässä kyseessä suomentajan virhe vai alkuperäisteoksen epäselvyys.

Plussaa ehdottomasti tunnelmasta, miljööstä ja henkilöhahmoista. Tarinassakin on sopivaa imua, eikä kirjaa tahtoisi laskea käsistään. Miinusta siitä, että Jeppe ei päähenkilönä ole ehkä niin kiinnostava ja erilainen kuin voisi olla, itse olisin halunnut tietää enemmän Anettesta. Loppuratkaisu oli ohi nopeasti, sitä olisi voinut vielä hieman venyttää. Muutamia kysymyksiä jäi avoimeksi, mutta se ei sinänsä haittaa. Kaiken kaikkiaan vahva ja viihdyttävä, kokemus jäi plussan puolelle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Medical content

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, Infidelity, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Injury/Injury detail

allhailursula's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I think the translation was a bit unfortunate because it felt like trekking through thick mud trying to read this. 

The characters were a bit meh, and i found myself not liking them.

It was more of a cop procedural than i expected. I needed darker vibes and a grim setting to truly feel like a Scandinavian-noir ish book.

I did guess the killer and a bit of the mysterious elements pretty early but it didnt seem to take away anything from reading it because it was one of the few things i thought was done pretty okay. The mystery was mysterious lol

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Grief, Death, Alcohol, and Infidelity

venetiana's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Won't even talk about the actual plot/plot twists, I guess those are up to taste.

But there are racist and ableist things in this book, and those are just very iffy. Ugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Ableism, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Vomit, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcoholism, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Addiction, Infidelity, Bullying, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, and Gore

Minor: Confinement, Excrement, Cursing, Dysphoria, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, and Infertility

sundayray's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Gore, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, and Infertility

wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Pregnancy, Addiction, Grief, Rape, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Body horror, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

Minor: Racism, Stalking, Addiction, Sexism, Infertility, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia

Victim-blaming, adoption

jamonicatierra's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A Scandinavian mystery crime thriller, sign me up lol. The atmosphere of this book is gripping. It’s also a police procedural that takes the readers into the detectives thoughts and processes of trying to solve the case. With new information coming up you’ll keep questioning the possible suspects. The storyline is thrilling and well paced. The characters are well written and interesting. This book is a page turner and kept my interest. The Tenant is suspenseful, has twists and turns, is engaging, and has a surprising ending. I really enjoyed reading this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Addiction

cheri325's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This addition to the Nordic Noir genre was amazing. It’s part police procedural, part heartbreaking treatise of grief and loss. I can’t wait for the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, and Murder