A review by devilstatedan
The Sons by Anders Rosland, Anton Svensson, Stefan Thunberg, Hildred Crill

4.0

On its initial appearance it seems like another addition to the massive genre of Scandinavian crime novels, but it's much more and can stand alone as a piece of literary fiction deserving of high praise. Three young men have just served sentences for aggravated armed robbery. They are brothers, raised by the petty criminal and domestic abuser father that they committed their last crime with. On the final sons release we follow what happens next as they try to recreate some kind of normality - whatever "normality" means for each of them though is very different. Starting out I was worried that because I didn't really like any the characters my attention may sway, but that fear allayed pretty early on by the authors great descriptive writing which bares all to scene of a family torn apart by the criminal inclinations of a small representation of their larger sum. This is part 2 in the 'Made in Sweden' series, the first book being 'The Father'. Can't wait for the next one!