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cornmaven's review against another edition
4.0
Very cool foreign novel telling the story of a detective who must solve a crime, and her family gets tangled up in it. I found the translation to be very well done, as I didn't stumble along trying to figure out what was going on.
It was creepy and tense and had all of the stuff you want these kinds of books to contain.
It was creepy and tense and had all of the stuff you want these kinds of books to contain.
devonforest's review against another edition
3.0
I read 90% of this book on a plane ride home from vacation so it was great for that. Easy read and not too complicated to follow. There were some instances where the writing style seemed to change throughout the book, but some of that also could’ve been due to the translation from the original.
h3dakota's review against another edition
3.0
Good story. Quite a bit of emphasis on marital cheating for my taste though. There is a small plot hole in the form of Ben that I'd like to have answers for, but it's not that big of a deal.
lacyk_reads's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to this on audible and read it on my kindle... it was a short detective thriller type story. It was ok. The story line was ok, the characters were ok. It was entertaining but I'm glad it was short. Otherwise, it might have not held my attention very well.
This book was translated into English from German (I think) and some of the passages were very confusing. I don't think it was so much the writing as the translation. There would be a very serious conversation, a random comment, and then suddenly everyone was lighthearted and laughing. And then it would go serious again. It was a little strange and just felt like I was missing something.
This book was translated into English from German (I think) and some of the passages were very confusing. I don't think it was so much the writing as the translation. There would be a very serious conversation, a random comment, and then suddenly everyone was lighthearted and laughing. And then it would go serious again. It was a little strange and just felt like I was missing something.
mmseitz822's review against another edition
3.0
Decent mystery, but could have built up the suspense a lot more. For instance, the narrator could have waited to reveal to the reader that the main character's son was involved with the girl who was killed/died. This would have added more of an element of surprise than just telling readers from the get-go. It was okay and I enjoyed it but it didn't really build up the suspense for me and it wasn't that shocking when the killer was revealed because he was only briefly mentioned in the story earlier and was kind of passed over. One of those books that is just kinda meh for me.
vkshiro's review against another edition
2.0
I'd give this 2.5 stars. It kind of reminded me of "The Killing" but not as compelling. It's obvious halfway through who the culprit was but the whole story wasn't spelled out until the end.
I found it jarring that the point of view would suddenly change without warning and seemingly arbitrarily. Also, I thought the ending seemed very abrupt and strange. Maybe it's something lost in translation (originally in German) but with the way its presented, I think it would be better suited to the screen than the page.
I found it jarring that the point of view would suddenly change without warning and seemingly arbitrarily. Also, I thought the ending seemed very abrupt and strange. Maybe it's something lost in translation (originally in German) but with the way its presented, I think it would be better suited to the screen than the page.
tessisreading2's review against another edition
2.0
This wasn't terrible, but it was basically a pile of cliches and overwrought language. Unimpressive.
tinokette's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this one! If you inhaled the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books like I did, you'll enjoy this too.
njlanzetta's review against another edition
2.0
I couldn’t sleep one night so I decided to read the book I’ve had on my kindle the longest to help me fall asleep. I got this from the Amazon first reads program for free. I know this was translated so I think that may be why the writing seemed off to me, but the dialogue between characters was very awkward. I also didn’t like how the author felt the need to give a backstory to every single character, even ones that were in one chapter. I also feel like the detectives didn’t do anything but talk and their actions had no direct impact on how the conflict was resolved. The only “action” in the middle of the book had little to do with the main plot, so it felt really random. I don’t give two star reviews out often, but this one definitely deserved it. I was glad this was short book.