A review by cnapple
The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

A quick read. Prose is fairly bland and overly expository, but that may be an artefact of translation. Characters are not particularly well-developed or likeable, but their past and interrelationships are central to the plot. The plot itself, despite the many twists and turns necessary to the genre is relatively shallow, with no deeper meaning or theme beyond the words on the page. There's also a strange and somewhat off-putting bait and switch wherin halfway through the book, the primary plot becomes all but irrelevant, and the b- plot takes center stage. 

All negatives aside, however, I found myself literally unable to put the book down until I figured out what was going on. So if you're looking for a book to take over your afternoon without taking up too many processing cycles, this may be the read you're looking for.
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