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april_golden 's review for:
Cockroaches
by Jo Nesbø
I've noted in other reviews of Nesbo's Harry Hole series that I had to read them "out of order" because the first and second books in the series were not printed in English until recently. So, I started with Redbreast and read through Police, then went back and read the first book. This is the second in the series. When I reviewed the first book, I noted that Harry wasn't the same Harry I knew and loved. Also, the writing was different, you could tell that Nesbo had not yet gotten into his groove. Well, he definitely got into that groove by the second book! This was the Harry Hole I love and the Nesbo writing style that I love!
While this one is told in a linear fashion (Redbreast is where Nesbo first starts playing with time by going back and forth in time and using points of view of characters other than Harry), it has the classic Nesbo pacing that I love. Nesbo gradually reveals the answer to "who done it" but then you realize that you still have 100 pages of book left, so this cannot be "the answer." In fact, you are sitting in a seat cresting the first hill of a giant roller coaster and you have no idea how wild the ride is about to get!
Jo Nesbo's Hole series is the most exciting book series I've read in years. I not only buy the next one the moment it is released, I devour it within days after purchase. Cockroaches is not one to be missed!
While this one is told in a linear fashion (Redbreast is where Nesbo first starts playing with time by going back and forth in time and using points of view of characters other than Harry), it has the classic Nesbo pacing that I love. Nesbo gradually reveals the answer to "who done it" but then you realize that you still have 100 pages of book left, so this cannot be "the answer." In fact, you are sitting in a seat cresting the first hill of a giant roller coaster and you have no idea how wild the ride is about to get!
Jo Nesbo's Hole series is the most exciting book series I've read in years. I not only buy the next one the moment it is released, I devour it within days after purchase. Cockroaches is not one to be missed!