Sidetracked
by Henning Mankell
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Read in April, 2008
Onlangs gelezen: dit vijfde deel uit de Wallander-reeks van de Zweedse misdaadauteur. Plus: de continuïteit van Wallanders geschiedenis. De beslagen ouwe rot past prima in het rijtje obsessieve rechercheurs met Morse (Colin Dexter), Rebus (Ian Rankin) en Banks (Peter Robinson), al is hij eerder het slachtoffer van Scandinavische melancholie en niet van het wegvretende cynisme dat zijn Angelsaksische collega’s drijft. In Dwaalsporen (1995), dat draait rond een op hol geslagen seriemoordenaar d...more
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Read in March, 2007
This has been my first book by Mankell and there is going to be more. Not only because I love crime novels, but also because the book was simlpy a great page-turner, one-day read. I could not stop: eating, drinking, sleeping were not the part of my daily routine any more.
Inspector Wallander makes mistakes, gets sidetracked and so what? This only adds excitement to the story even more so as there is a mad serial killer at large. As I believe telling a plot of a detective story spoils the wh...more
Inspector Wallander makes mistakes, gets sidetracked and so what? This only adds excitement to the story even more so as there is a mad serial killer at large. As I believe telling a plot of a detective story spoils the wh...more
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Read in January, 2004
This is the first Wallander mystery that I read, and I think it is my favorite. I really enjoy a good mystery, but they have to be well written-- not always easy to find. A caveat-- something happened to Mankell's writing and the more recent books are not half as good as his earlier ones. The characters are much flatter, and they have absurd interior monologues that I do not like. If you're looking for a good mystery novel-- go with almost any of the early Mankell/Wallander books.
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Read in June, 2008
Very enjoyable. Wallander is definitely in the top five Swedish detectives; his dogged pursuit of the killer is never plodding although we get lots of detail about his laundry arrangements - the sort of detail that makes the reader like him and I felt genuinely anxious for his safety at times. You also have sympathy for the killer once his motivation becomes clear. I'll be reading more of these.
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Read in July, 2008
Better than most of this series! I think I'm getting used to the depressed, self-critical, blundering-but-brilliant cop. The deus ex machina of his intuition is still annoying. But his bumbling attempts to deal with his personal life worked for me in this one. It's just amazing, though, how many serial killers there are in Sweden! And how they always go after Kurt Wallander!
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Read in October, 2007
I enjoyed this book more than the last few Kurt Wallander books I've read. The conflicting cases, and the complicated serial killer are both intriguing. The serial killer's history made me sad--but I think that was the point, it humanized him a little, and showed how a 'normal' person could be driven to commit such horrible crimes.
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Read in January, 2006
Yes, I went ahead and ran thru the next one in my Henning Mankell titles. It was dark, disturbing and an incredible read. I stayed with it well after midnight because I couldn't put it down. Really, really good dark mystery novel. Wallander gets more and more interesting with each book. Next title in the pile is "The fifth women".
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Read in June, 2008
I couldn't get into this book. I only got to chapter three and gave up on it. I know it is farther into the series. I might give it another chance if I read the other ones first. For now, I wasn't a fan.
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Read in February, 2008
Mankell gives us another Kurt Wallander mystery set in Sweden. this is only the second one i've read b/c they seem hard to find. very good stuff, riveting and suspenseful.
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Read in August, 2006
recommends it for:
To dream searcher
When i fond who is the murderor . . . no, this is not a novel about serial killing, it is about society and what happening there, read it to know . . .
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Read in December, 2007
Wallander gets off track but he manages to make his way back and the climax is oh So satisfying!
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Read in May, 2004
recommends it for:
thriller lovers
Very dark thriller. Went down to the last detail and gave icy chill to the spine. BEST!!
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Read in February, 2008
A thriller and a page turner. I highly recommend it!!!!!
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Read in November, 2005
See "White Lioness" review
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