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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Once again, I just love this team so much. The Found Family aspect of their story is even stronger here, and I enjoy every part of their story together. The case itself is cool and interesting, not as engaging to me as the one in book 4 was, but the writing is good enough to make that not matter so much. Once again, as I finish this, I find myself already looking forward to the next one.
Actual rating 2.5 stars. I had a very hard time getting into this: it's been less than a year since I read the previous book in the series yet couldn't remember a thing that had happened earlier. So when the book carries on assuming readers remember previous events and tries to collect loose ends, I have difficulties following. It doesn't help that this book has a choppy plot, with bits and pieces thrown together with a ton of characters to follow. There are the main characters, but then there are about 25 minor characters and when you try to remember who is who and what they do and why they are important it becomes a mess. And no, the main plot doesn't exactly work. If this had been about fraud and embezzlement it would've been fine, but then in comes the name character and his woes and it all gets out of hand. It doesn't help that there isn't much depth in the main characters in this one. Rose is an extra, Carl has relationship problems that are familiar from every single crime novel, and while there are hints of Assad's past, half-revealing one thing per book isn't a working tactic. Assad is still by far the most interesting character, but when you get nothing out of him in terms of who he is, it simply gets frustrating. This is one of my favourite crime series, but this book doesn't deliver.
El más flojo de la serie, sin duda. Los personajes que tanto gustan de los anteriores libros apenas tienen protagonismo y parece resuelto a la carrera, más por interés comercial que por otra cosa.
I felt that this sequel was more about Marco than the other characters, and that the story dragged on with his constant running and hiding. Another thing that bothered me was Assad's continuous camel analogies; they were funny in the beginning but got old throughout the rest of the book. However, what I like about Adler-Olsen is how he ends his stories, the characters that he's slowly expanding on, and his style in writing...which makes it impossible for me to give it less than four stars. I'm looking forward to book six.
I got to read this as an advance read through Penguin's First to Read site. I haven't read any of the series prior to this, but I'm was really glad I read this. Great read. I would recommend starting at the beginning of the series for character development purposes, but like I said, I haven't read those and still really enjoyed this.
A young boy who belongs to a clan that steals decides to leave and comes upon a dead body in his hiding spot. He is chased all over Denmark by various people.
The body he found is connected to some bank fraud that reaches into Africa. Karl and his group from Department Q are on the trail on the murdered man but they think he is only missing. They are also searching for the boy.
A tangled Web of intrigue.
The body he found is connected to some bank fraud that reaches into Africa. Karl and his group from Department Q are on the trail on the murdered man but they think he is only missing. They are also searching for the boy.
A tangled Web of intrigue.
The Department Q books are consistently compelling detective stories. Based in Denmark, the characters are particularly well-developed and complex, so much so that it feels almost like non-fiction. The Marco Effect might be my favorite, even though the Series' main protagonist Detective Carl Morck recedes a bit into the background. The Marco Effect focuses attention on immigration in contemporary Denmark, and weaves in interesting social commentary into a creative narrative about corruption, crime, and social dislocation. Highly recommended!
I loved this book and I loved Marco, so much! I kept wanting to hug him and bring him home <3
Five stars!!
Five stars!!