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Cockroaches
by Jo Nesbø
A mixed bag of feelings about this. I certainly enjoyed it more than the first book in the series, a book I disliked so strongly I nearly didn’t bother about this one at all despite it sitting on my Kindle having been purchased by someone else. It has an undercurrent of nastiness that works well, mostly; occasionally it becomes too much, like in an unnecessary torture scene near the end. The plot doesn’t always make sense, and the way it all comes together feels convoluted. But the climactic action sequence is brilliantly done; utterly gripping, and full of the right sort of confusion that feels authentic to how such things must be experienced by those involved. It’s a brave approach to take, and it pays off superbly. Reservations notwithstanding, this has probably done enough to encourage me to try book 3 some time.