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A review by heathermirman
What Is Mine by Anne Holt
3.0
I've become addicted to Scandinavian thrillers and What Is Mine is a great addition to this shelf. I was relieved to learn it's the first book in a series, because there's much about the characters I'd like to see explored further. I'm also eager to see how the relationship between Joanna, the reluctant profiler, and Adam, the brooding detective, develops as they become more and more intwined in each other lives, both personally and professionally.
The characters are much more satisfying than the resolutions of the child abductions and a prior miscarriage of justice. The dual investigations depend almost entirely on hunches and coincidences, so the ending feels contrived and easy.
I've noticed that the dialog in most Scandinavian thrillers is stilted and awkward. I suspect it's a problem of translating the original languages into English. While the translations work well in prose, dialog seems to be trickier. I've decided not to complain about awkward dialog anymore, because I wouldn't enjoy an Americanization of it either. It's simply part of the "otherness" that makes the genre so popular.
All in all, I think I'll like this series more than Holt's Hanne Wilhelmsen one. Wilhelmsen's tough and bitter persona wore on me after a while. Joanna and Adam are softer and more well rounded. I'm eager to read the next book in this series.
The characters are much more satisfying than the resolutions of the child abductions and a prior miscarriage of justice. The dual investigations depend almost entirely on hunches and coincidences, so the ending feels contrived and easy.
I've noticed that the dialog in most Scandinavian thrillers is stilted and awkward. I suspect it's a problem of translating the original languages into English. While the translations work well in prose, dialog seems to be trickier. I've decided not to complain about awkward dialog anymore, because I wouldn't enjoy an Americanization of it either. It's simply part of the "otherness" that makes the genre so popular.
All in all, I think I'll like this series more than Holt's Hanne Wilhelmsen one. Wilhelmsen's tough and bitter persona wore on me after a while. Joanna and Adam are softer and more well rounded. I'm eager to read the next book in this series.