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O Executor, by Lars Kepler

amandasvallhed's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

toni1509's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5

The book is about a bunch of incapable cops.

haley_the_beast's review against another edition

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4.0

2020 POPSUGAR reading challenge- A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics. This books takes place in Stockholm Sweden which I actually had to look up and it did hold the Olympics back in 1912.

taste_column's review against another edition

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Soooooo boring!

shmeatsy_pie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bmlowry8's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

aoutramafalda's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5*

lazygal's review against another edition

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4.0

I love that Joona is so sure of himself and his process that he can see two unrelated cases and say, nope, they're related and I'm going to investigate them. When he's at a crime scene he notices virtually everything, from blood spatter to a strange mark or positioning and can trace it all to some murder methodology. We get to know The Needle and Anja better, and the addition of Saga to his occasional team is perfect. Saga's strength and abilities as a cop set off her "elfin" beauty makes for an interesting character and I hope we'll spend more time with her.

This is more gory than the first book, and some of the set pieces are just weird (the island, for example). Once again we spend long passages inside other characters heads, for example Penny and her life and escape. At times it felt like padding, but almost always there was a kernel that lead to a revelation for Joona. And at the end there's a very cryptic message that just has to be part of future books.

yatzyyaya's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

kimmetjuh23's review against another edition

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3.0

Het eerste boek van Kepler, Hypnose, heb ik met stijgende spanning gelezen. Ik was meteen enthousiast over het boek en wilde graag meer lezen van deze schrijver, of eigenlijk schrijvers. Net als bij Nicci French bestaat Lars Kepler uit een duo. Toen ik 'Contract' zag liggen heb ik het meteen meegenomen in de hoop dat het weer net zo'n spannend boek is als het eerste.

Maar helaas is dit boek een stuk minder spannend. De spanning wordt er van de ene kant wel ingehouden door de vele gebeurtenissen die op elkaar volgen. Af en toe gebeurt er iets waarvan je denkt waarom dat dat is. Maar aan het eind komen de losse eindjes toch weer samen in een onvoorspelbaar geheel. Aan de andere kant wordt er ontzettend veel beschreven. De omgeving en gedachtes van de hoofdpersonen worden uitgebreid omschreven. Ook achtergronden van bepaalde gebeurtenissen, zoals de situatie in Sudan, komen uitgebreid aanbod. Dat is ook wat het boek minder spannend maakt. Het boek had van mij dan ook een stuk dunner mogen zijn.

Omdat de gebeurtenissen in hoofdlijnen evengoed een spannend verhaal opleveren geeft ik het boek toch 3 sterren.