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A review by ankim
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
1.0
The one star is reserved for all the earnest and unintentionally hilarious 90s references, and the opportunities it fostered for reflection on the inner workings of police departments before the dawn of cell phones, and lonely divorcees before Netflix and Facebook stalking.
Hard to pinpoint exactly what I disliked most about this book. Perhaps it was the exhausting surly detective trope, or Wallander's depressing, defensive inner dialogue, or the two dimensional female characters described either in terms of physical attraction or capacity for errand completion, or the irritable shrug this novel ultimately offered in response to the question of immigration policy and refugees in Nordic countries.
Hard to pinpoint exactly what I disliked most about this book. Perhaps it was the exhausting surly detective trope, or Wallander's depressing, defensive inner dialogue, or the two dimensional female characters described either in terms of physical attraction or capacity for errand completion, or the irritable shrug this novel ultimately offered in response to the question of immigration policy and refugees in Nordic countries.