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Murder on the the Thirty-First Floor by Per Wahlöö

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annagy's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

rocketiza's review

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3.0

Really liked how different and interesting this was, even though only giving it a 3 will probably read again at some point.

kmatthe2's review against another edition

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4.0

A fine dystopic novel. Would be an interesting companion piece to Bradbury's Fahrenheit.

pilesandpiles's review against another edition

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Murder on the Thirty-First Floor is a dystopian narrative structured as a detective novel. Some of the investigation narrative is a little silly, but the overall concept is compelling and feels relevant today (the book is from Sweden in the early 1960s). I actually read it in one sitting. I would recommend this to anyone who's interested in news media/mass media and society.

michael5000's review

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2.0

"Copyright 1964, Translation Copyright 2012" ought to have been my first clue: this clunker is product from the past dredged up to ride the wave of successful Scandinavian detective fiction. It's a pulpy dystopian short story stretched out to a short novel by having a cardboard cutout of a detective trundle around listening to expository speeches.

It was OK.