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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Jeg nød at blive taget med på en hæsblæsende rejse sammen med Marco, hvor jeg virkelig følte med ham, og håber på det bedste for ham. Det var modigt af ham at stikke af fra klanen, da han godt kunne se at de gjorde var forkert.
Jeg giver bogen 4 ud af 5 stjerner.
Jeg giver bogen 4 ud af 5 stjerner.
An abused boy, petty thieves, embezzlers and murderers. What's not to like?
I'm glad I listened to this book because I would have spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out how to read all the places and street names!
I'm glad I listened to this book because I would have spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to figure out how to read all the places and street names!
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Curmudgeonly detective Carl Mørck runs his Department Q - closed cases only - in his own way. His assistant Assad, is a Middle Easterner with lots of secrets, some that keep Carl up at night. And his other assistant Rose, has her own problems, one of which is telling Carl off whenever she thinks he needs it.
This out of his squad finds them looking into a missing persons case, with ties to Africa. Meanwhile, a young boy, Marco, is forced to flee when his thieving clan decides he needs to have his legs broken to make him a better beggar. How exactly these two cases fit together leads Carl, Assad and Rose into a world filled with both the down and out and the filthy rich.
Adler-Olsen creates wonderfully complex and intriguing characters, all of whom have depth and breadth. His plots are intricate and told with just enough humor to alleviate the meanness and venality he uncovers.
I received this book through Peguin First Reads for an honest review.
This out of his squad finds them looking into a missing persons case, with ties to Africa. Meanwhile, a young boy, Marco, is forced to flee when his thieving clan decides he needs to have his legs broken to make him a better beggar. How exactly these two cases fit together leads Carl, Assad and Rose into a world filled with both the down and out and the filthy rich.
Adler-Olsen creates wonderfully complex and intriguing characters, all of whom have depth and breadth. His plots are intricate and told with just enough humor to alleviate the meanness and venality he uncovers.
I received this book through Peguin First Reads for an honest review.
Jussi Adler-Olsen has a knack for revealing answers at the outset of stories and then taking 500 or so pages to illuminate the events leading up to these answers. In effect the reader knows how the story ends but somehow this formula works and Adler-Olsen produces another thrilling instalment in his Department Q series.
‘Buried’ focuses on a young boy, subjected to a life of organised street crime, desperate to be free from the clutches of his familial captors. When he escapes he stumbles onto the remains of a missing person, ultimately becoming the the target of multiple pursuers. He gradually pieces together the events that surround the body, unravelling crimes that span years and continents.
I continue to enjoy this Nordic crime series, although it is not among my favourites. The main characters of Carl Mørck, Assad and Rose are likeable but kind of cliche and slightly unbelievable. Mørck is becoming slightly more likeable as the series progresses as his humanity becomes more evident.
All in all a good read however.
‘Buried’ focuses on a young boy, subjected to a life of organised street crime, desperate to be free from the clutches of his familial captors. When he escapes he stumbles onto the remains of a missing person, ultimately becoming the the target of multiple pursuers. He gradually pieces together the events that surround the body, unravelling crimes that span years and continents.
I continue to enjoy this Nordic crime series, although it is not among my favourites. The main characters of Carl Mørck, Assad and Rose are likeable but kind of cliche and slightly unbelievable. Mørck is becoming slightly more likeable as the series progresses as his humanity becomes more evident.
All in all a good read however.
Sad to give this three stars: so far, I would rate the series a four star. But I had some complaints with this one. Much as I enjoyed Marco's street savviness, it got a little tiring by the end. One or two narrow escapes pump up the adrenaline but seven or eight made me tone deaf to the danger. I wasn't too crazy about the intersection of the two plots, either. The ersatz gypsy gang would be fine or the bank fraud (complicated enough by the Foreign Aid element) but to sew them together made for a lot of sewing things together and I didn't feel that the sewing was delicate enough: quite possibly it could not be. It was, in short, not a happy marriage. As always, the sidekicks are wonderful and it was fun to add quite a few camel parables to the store but again, as with the main plots, I felt that the police station background had far too many disjointed stories marching forward: the retirement, the reveals about Assad, Gordon, the restructuring. It felt like a lot of work tracking all of the details and I do not read these books for work. The ending was entirely too contrived on every front and felt "smug": aren't we all the good guys, really, after all? I enjoy a series as much as the next person but am getting bummed out by what seems to be the need to publish frequently versus waiting until the book is actually ready to be published. This one was not. I daresay if he had waited a bit this easily could have been two books and both would have been the better for it.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I thought the last one was a bit boring, but this one was back to form. Or I'm used to the new normal.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Another fun story about the gang of Dept Q. Pretty typical of the series, with lots of mystery made up of oddly connected events and humorous dialog among the likable characters in the gang. Some parts were more unbelievable than the other stories I've read, but I've really had no experience with young African killers, so what do I know?
If you've read any of the books in the series, you already know pretty much what to expect, and if you haven't, you should probably start with an earlier book in the series.
If you've read any of the books in the series, you already know pretty much what to expect, and if you haven't, you should probably start with an earlier book in the series.