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224 reviews for:

The Drowning

Camilla Läckberg

3.78 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The ending did not come as a surprise.
Quite early on I though it was Christian, dressed as either his mom or as Alice, who was doing the murdering as well as sending the letters. After Erica found Alice’s drawings for Christian, I knew for sure.
I feel like the explanation of schizophrenia ánd DIS was a bit too much. Tried to look up the prevalence of such comorbidity but couldn’t find anything unfortunately.
Erica was truly insufferable and Patrik way too patient and kind.

Having said this, I really enjoyed the book. It was a fast read and again I loved how Lackberg gives us snippets of information, alternating between past and present, leading us to the conclusion. And that cliffhanger!?! Really anxious to read the next instalment!

Characters 9
Atmosphere 9
Writing Style 9
Setup 9
Plot 8
Intrigue 9
Logic 7
Enjoyment 9

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ufff el que menos me ha gustado de la saga sin duda no me termina de convencer el final. También odio que camilla haga siempre esta mierda de dejar el final medio abierto y luego continuar el siguiente libro como si nada QUÉ HACES LOCA
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My favorite kind of psycho.
Totally into it.

Etter å ha lest Steinhuggeren, så var denne boka litt for lik. Fremdeles en spennende bok, men rollene på de plagede personlighetene er ganske like.

Creo que es el libro más oscuro de la saga hasta el momento. Todo lo que pasa tanto en la actualidad como en el pasado te deja con mal cuerpo, pero también con ganas de saber más. Lo único que no me convence es que la autora le dé todo tan masticado al lector siempre y no me permita llegar a las mismas conclusiones que los personajes.