Reviews

Kivenhakkaaja by Camilla Läckberg

walkingunund's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

karenjanee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

daphne_k's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

zubin's review against another edition

0.75

A 250 page plot stretched to 550. All the characters are just cribbing about how bad their lives are. Pages and pages of copy paste complaining. You figure out the  murderer around half way through and no real motive is given at the end. While the police officer in charge of the case solves it by watching real crime on discovery channel (I'm not kidding)
Give this one a skip if you value your time IMO. 

ir7n7_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

kadidiawc's review against another edition

dark emotional

4.0

mpenny's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

LOVED this mystery! Plenty of clues along the way while still keeping me guessing. 

dosyveintidos's review against another edition

4.0

Una vez más me he encontrado con una lectura muy amena. Esta vez me ha costado más intuir quien era el culpable, hasta los últimos capítulos no me olía nada. He notado una evolución desde la primera novela de la saga, tanto en la trama como en los personajes. Además, me ha dejado con ganas de leer el siguiente por un giro que hay al final del libro.

hannah109's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

myzanm's review against another edition

4.0

With this book it feels like Ms Läckberg has found her own way. Her own voice. Or it might just be that she managed to get decent editors by this stage of her writing career.

I liked the murder mystery coupled with the psychological aspects from both the present and the past. Our history is after all a great influence of who and what we are today.
The main characters Erika and Patrik are somewhat complex characters, but where Patrik is really likeable and has developed over the books Erika is more stagnant. A busybody who hasn’t really developed much from the author we got to know in the first book she continues to annoy me. The secondary characters are a bit of cardboard cut outs, but they are developing a bit through the course of the series.