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by Marc-Uwe Kling
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
An informed and intelligent text. This was my 2nd re-listen.
I was taken by surprised to see the author (white male who wrote very good books about the perspectives of underdog-like-characters) choose the main character to be Yasira Saad, a female police officer with parents who migrated to Germany. I was scared I would find his descriptions of her thoughts or emotions inaccurate or insensitive but I felt likt that was not the case. Also, I was surprised to see the author write a likeable character who is a police officer because in Die Känguru Chroniken series the characters are anti-authoritarian/anti-capitalist/communist/anarchist in many instances. In Qualityland too. The author has managed to shift the narrative focus to a different motive in this book.
The book partly takes place in the Harz and it was a tad eery to travel there for a hiking trip merely a week after my first listen.
-Spoilers ahead-
The story informed me about the techniques/possibilities of modern investigative work and its moral implications, e.g. What if a big German police agency is allowed to generate AI-child porn to get access to upload-exclusive dealer rings? I could not fact-check whether that is happening(!) but anyways it is an interesting prompt to discuss.
The very last CD is always hard for me to listen to. The aggression against the main character have risen, her daughter is in danger, finds out the truth but is unprotected and in danger and then - she does in fact get harmed and raped. There is no last minute save. It shocked me but it was actually relevant to the learning you pull from this story: Not everything [on the internet] is fake. The hate is real.
I was taken by surprised to see the author (white male who wrote very good books about the perspectives of underdog-like-characters) choose the main character to be Yasira Saad, a female police officer with parents who migrated to Germany. I was scared I would find his descriptions of her thoughts or emotions inaccurate or insensitive but I felt likt that was not the case. Also, I was surprised to see the author write a likeable character who is a police officer because in Die Känguru Chroniken series the characters are anti-authoritarian/anti-capitalist/communist/anarchist in many instances. In Qualityland too. The author has managed to shift the narrative focus to a different motive in this book.
The book partly takes place in the Harz and it was a tad eery to travel there for a hiking trip merely a week after my first listen.
-Spoilers ahead-
The story informed me about the techniques/possibilities of modern investigative work and its moral implications, e.g. What if a big German police agency is allowed to generate AI-child porn to get access to upload-exclusive dealer rings? I could not fact-check whether that is happening(!) but anyways it is an interesting prompt to discuss.
The very last CD is always hard for me to listen to. The aggression against the main character have risen, her daughter is in danger, finds out the truth but is unprotected and in danger and then - she does in fact get harmed and raped. There is no last minute save. It shocked me but it was actually relevant to the learning you pull from this story: Not everything [on the internet] is fake. The hate is real.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence
Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Kidnapping