Reviews with content warning for Murder - The Snowman

Devo premettere che ho scoperto solo a metà che questo è il settimo libro di una serie, avrei preferito saperlo prima per poter leggere i libri in ordine però non è un grosso probelma perché tutti i libri della serie si "reggono da soli", quindi non si percepisce di aver perso qualcosa.

Partendo invece a parlare del libro, bellissimo, ti tiene incollato alle pagine con un'indagine ad opera d'arte. Sospetti su tutti ma certezza su nessuno, veramente assurdo. Procederò a leggere i libri in ordine per avere anche un'idea della trama secondaria.

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nieva098's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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siforth's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

So full of misogyny, the poor female characters. The only one who is not killed, immediately sexualised, insane or a combination of the above is

the buddy’s widow

The murder mystery itself was also disappointing in the second half of the book. Same for the resolution.

That said, if you want something with classical noir character tropes in the snowy setting - you might like it.

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tweedlesmart's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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laurenleigh's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I’m getting to the end of the year where I have random reading challenge prompts left, and this was my pick for Nordic Noir. I love a mystery detective novel, but the super dark, explicit, gritty quality to Nordic Noir just turns me off. Maybe I just wasn’t enjoying it, but it also felt like there could have been some editing. They are certain they found the culprit like five times before they actually solve the case.

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itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was simply not a book for me. The amount of times I started and stopped reading was absurd. It was really giving me reading slump vibes. However, if I’m going to say something positive about it (and I will since I know some people would and have eaten this book up) it would be that the author is very creative. I haven’t read murders like this before. Nor have I read a plot or reasoning for killing like this before! I don’t think that makes up for how convoluted and confusing the whole plot and story structure was, but it’s something.

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danajoy's review against another edition

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4.25

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cat_demon's review against another edition

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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? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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