A review by alexblackreads
Black Seconds by Karin Fossum

1.0

I don't think I got anything out of reading this book. Perhaps it was the translation or it could have just been Fossum's style, but the writing didn't work for me. It felt awkward and stilted throughout the book. None of the characters felt like real people, a lot of the time their emotions seemed painted on rather than genuine, and their behavior rarely seemed to fit the circumstances.

Plus it was painfully predictable. I realized the ending on page six. Literally page six. I kept hoping there was going to be a different twist or something more, but it was literally just the incredibly basic story I predicted. And it seemed ridiculous that none of the cops realized it sooner.

I literally kept forgetting that I was reading this book even though it only took me a day and a half to get through.