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A review by soobooksalot
Blood Ties by Jo Nesbø
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The actions of the characters in Blood Ties sit very much in the grey zone.
Thank you to Penguin Random House for my gifted copy of Jo Nesbo's newest for feature!
Blood Ties is the follow-up to The Kingdom, which I was happy to also receive a copy of so I could learn the backstory.
Brothers Roy and Carl Opgard have had traumatic upbringings, and are now businessmen in the town of Os. Roy is our protagonist, and Carl's sometime protector. He has more than a few murders on his hands in the name of justice, defense, and means to an end. This is a small-town story with undercurrents of darkness - sps and amusement parks do not a pleasant location make.
Blood Ties is quite a different feel than other Jo Nesbo books, for example the Harry Hole detective series or other Nordic Noir.
It could be read as a standalone, but I personally would recommend reading The Kingdom first to get a better feel for our main characters.
Recommended!!
Released on Feb. 11.
Thank you to Penguin Random House for my gifted copy of Jo Nesbo's newest for feature!
Blood Ties is the follow-up to The Kingdom, which I was happy to also receive a copy of so I could learn the backstory.
Brothers Roy and Carl Opgard have had traumatic upbringings, and are now businessmen in the town of Os. Roy is our protagonist, and Carl's sometime protector. He has more than a few murders on his hands in the name of justice, defense, and means to an end. This is a small-town story with undercurrents of darkness - sps and amusement parks do not a pleasant location make.
Blood Ties is quite a different feel than other Jo Nesbo books, for example the Harry Hole detective series or other Nordic Noir.
It could be read as a standalone, but I personally would recommend reading The Kingdom first to get a better feel for our main characters.
Recommended!!
Released on Feb. 11.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Murder
The actions of the characters in Blood Ties sit very much in the grey zone.
Thank you to Penguin Random House for my gifted copy of Jo Nesbo's newest for feature!
Blood Ties is the follow-up to The Kingdom, which I was happy to also receive a copy of so I could learn the backstory.
Brothers Roy and Carl Opgard have had traumatic upbringings, and are now businessmen in the town of Os. Roy is our protagonist, and Carl's sometime protector. He has more than a few murders on his hands in the name of justice, defense, and means to an end. This is a small-town story with undercurrents of darkness - sps and amusement parks do not a pleasant location make.
Blood Ties is quite a different feel than other Jo Nesbo books, for example the Harry Hole detective series or other Nordic Noir.
It could be read as a standalone, but I personally would recommend reading The Kingdom first to get a better feel for our main characters.
Recommended!!
Released on Feb. 11.