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De Doodsvogel

Samuel Bjørk

3.76 AVERAGE

kterbush's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

babsyb13's review against another edition

5.0

tense fast-paced

ptrmsschrs's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yvo_about_books's review against another edition

3.5

Finished reading: March 29th 2022

“She was livid that she had allowed them to mess with her mind. She would never let it happen again.”

I really enjoyed the first book of this series a little while back, and I decided to pick up book two sooner than later so that I can work towards crossing off another series on my pending list. And while I do think that the first book was stronger, The Owl Always Hunts At Night was still a solid piece of Nordic noir. The Norwegian setting really helps setting the right atmosphere for this story, and the case Holger Munch, Mia Kruger and the rest of the team have to investigate this time around is another intriguing one. The flashback chapters could have done with a better introduction, but I do like what they added to the plot. I wasn't happy with having to read about an actively cheating character though, but the case itself thankfully did manage to partly distract me from it. I do have to say that it is becoming repetitive to read about Mia's mental struggles and suicidal thoughts; I get that she is a troubled soul with a complicated past, but having to hear it over and over again is getting a little old... The same goes for some of the other main characters with their struggles. Detectives tend to be portrayed as flawed in a lot of different crime series, but I did feel there was simply too much of it in this sequel. That said, the way book two ended definitely has me curious about the third book, which I will be picking up soon to complete this series.

mazza57's review against another edition

4.0

I love the complexity of this series and the not quite right characters

bolynne's review against another edition

3.0

****I received a copy of this through the FirstToRead program****

I haven't read the first book in this series, so I am missing some character development, but I really did enjoy this mystery and the characters as I saw them here.

One if the things I liked the most was the times where Mia was working out her ideas about the case. Her thought process was very interesting and just how I tend to try to solve mystery books: rapid-fire questions that lead to more and more and try to keep my train of thought.

Some of the things were a little predictable and the ending was a bit anticlimactic, but I'm definitely interested in reading the first book and any more in the future.

My only other complaint is really nitpicky and didn't affect my rating, but it was so hard to keep track of all the women that had super similar names. Mia, Marianne, Marion, and Miriam. That was a challenge at times.