A review by seang81
Amok by Sebastian Fitzek

3.0

This novel has a great premise - man takes hostages at radio station and demands callers play a game to save the hostages lives - however, it seems to lose its way around halfway through. It's tightly paced, some great scenes and setup until a change, with plot twists and revelations coming almost continuously during the second half. I'll caveat this though with the fact that Amok is translated from German and, sometimes, I wonder whether the translation is as good as it could be - some lines land flat but may have been a lot more hard hitting in the original language. Altogether, an okay novel and something that will help you wile away an evening as the days are drawing in.