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A review by selfmythologies
Der stumme Tod by Volker Kutscher
3.0
It was good, but (like I said in an update) definitely not as amazing as the first one, and the potential of the series is much bigger than this.
I did find the murderer interesting, I thought his chapters were well written and his backstory was pretty unique in context of all the usual 'psychopathic serial killer' cliches and perfectly eerie.
But the actual mystery/plot was pretty easy to see through about 1/3 in and not half as complex and spanning different milieus and groups like the first book's was. It was more....focused on one specific area (the film industry), no politics or bigger social themes this time, besides a tiny side plot not really worth mentioning. Which is a shame, because I think painting a larger picture of society through stories of crime is the most interesting potential of this series.
Instead we get a lot of personal drama with Rath and his erratic behavior at his job, drama with his colleagues and Charly, which is all fine, but I don't find him as a character on his own half as interesting as a character responding to and being influenced by, larger events happening around him.
But overall I still enjoyed reading this, it's a good thriller by itself, I just have bigger standards at this point because I've seen what else this series can do.
I'm feeling positive about the next one though!
I did find the murderer interesting, I thought his chapters were well written and his backstory was pretty unique
But the actual mystery/plot was pretty easy to see through about 1/3 in and not half as complex and spanning different milieus and groups like the first book's was. It was more....focused on one specific area (the film industry), no politics or bigger social themes this time, besides a tiny side plot not really worth mentioning. Which is a shame, because I think painting a larger picture of society through stories of crime is the most interesting potential of this series.
Instead we get a lot of personal drama with Rath and his erratic behavior at his job, drama with his colleagues and Charly, which is all fine, but I don't find him as a character on his own half as interesting as a character responding to and being influenced by, larger events happening around him.
But overall I still enjoyed reading this, it's a good thriller by itself, I just have bigger standards at this point because I've seen what else this series can do.
I'm feeling positive about the next one though!