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A review by cj_mo_2222
Blaze Me a Sun by Rachel Willson-Broyles, Christoffer Carlsson
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.5
4.5 stars
Blaze Me a Sun is a unique novel about the hunt for a killer in a small Swedish town over the span of over thirty years. It is complex (and sometimes confusing), but a very compelling crime novel. The point-of-view changes as the book progresses from police officer Sven Jorgensson to his son Vidar's to that of a novelist researching the case the father and son investigated.
It took me a couple of chapters to get a handle on the characters and the premise of the story, but once I did I was completely engrossed in this tense and intriguing book. My favorite parts of the book are when it focuses on the investigation, either from Sven or Vidar's point-of-view. The search for a killer is suspenseful and the side characters that are introduced are memorable.
The few chapters narrated by the writer aren't as clear as the others and are the most confusing to me. However, for the most part, I really enjoyed this well-written, but bleak, crime novel. The author has written other books, but this may be the first one that has been translated to English, but I'll be keeping an eye out for others by Carlsson.
I received an advance copy of this ebook at no cost from NetGalley through the courtesy of Penguin Random House/Hogarth Press. My review is voluntary and unbiased.
Blaze Me a Sun is a unique novel about the hunt for a killer in a small Swedish town over the span of over thirty years. It is complex (and sometimes confusing), but a very compelling crime novel. The point-of-view changes as the book progresses from police officer Sven Jorgensson to his son Vidar's to that of a novelist researching the case the father and son investigated.
It took me a couple of chapters to get a handle on the characters and the premise of the story, but once I did I was completely engrossed in this tense and intriguing book. My favorite parts of the book are when it focuses on the investigation, either from Sven or Vidar's point-of-view. The search for a killer is suspenseful and the side characters that are introduced are memorable.
The few chapters narrated by the writer aren't as clear as the others and are the most confusing to me. However, for the most part, I really enjoyed this well-written, but bleak, crime novel. The author has written other books, but this may be the first one that has been translated to English, but I'll be keeping an eye out for others by Carlsson.
I received an advance copy of this ebook at no cost from NetGalley through the courtesy of Penguin Random House/Hogarth Press. My review is voluntary and unbiased.