A review by srreid
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø

3.0

After seeing the movie Headhunters which i thoroughly enjoyed i looked up the author and ordered a couple of his books. Was slightly put off by the cover comparisons as the next Stieg Larsson, can no one be a recognised author in their own right anymore, they have to inevitably be compared to someone else. But this was almost well deserved, although i didn't feel quite as good as Larrson's Millenium trilogy, it was a good enough little police thriller, well enough paced, i read the whole book in just a few days. It jumps back and forward from events in 1944 to present day, this sometimes got a little tedious as it took a long way through the book before it made sense why they kept doing this, but it all comes together nicely - no spoilers, but it was quite well done. But i did lose interest a bit towards the end of the book - might be more my fault than the book but i couldn't concentrate on the end as well. Overall the feel of the book to me was it was ok but just not as complex as the Millenium trilogy, i would probably have enjoyed it more if i had read them the other way around. But saying that it was enjoyable enough to make me want to read more by this author, also i think it would make a pretty decent movie, in a Day of the Jackal sort of vein, be interesting to see if Headhunters does well enough for them to want to make more.