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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett
by Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett
Michael's review
bookshelves: european-literature, mystery, thriller, crime, detective, hard-boiled, serial-killers, scandinavian-crime, police-procedural, 2000s
May 03, 12
bookshelves: european-literature, mystery, thriller, crime, detective, hard-boiled, serial-killers, scandinavian-crime, police-procedural, 2000s
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Read from April 20 to May 03, 2012
When they advertise Jo Nesbø as ‘The Next Steig Larsson’, I’m inclined to pass on this author. But since a lot of people seem to be raving about this author, I thought I better check him out, especially when they class his Harry Hole series as Hard-Boiled. I’ve found the only reason they are calling him the next Larsson is simply because he is another Scandinavian crime writer; which means some overly graphic murders, Nazis and an expected twist. The Redbreast is the third book in the Harry Hole novel but the first available in English. Hole is investigating neo-Nazi activity which leads him to further explore Norway’s activities on the Eastern Front during WWII.
Full review can be found on my blog;
http://literary-exploration.com/2012/...
Full review can be found on my blog;
http://literary-exploration.com/2012/...
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Alberto wrote: "I'm reading my first Jo Nesbo, The Phantom, and so far it's not such a big deal.I've read your full review and I agree, the feeling is the same: Ok, he drinks, there's violence, but it's too formu..."
The Snowman is the best of the books in the series and the one to read if you were only to read one - think you'd enjoy it more if you read them in order (starting from Redbreast as first book isn't as good and has only recently been published in English and the second one in the series hasn't been published in English yet). Phantom is the last in the series so I wouldn't start with that.
Thought that they got better as you got further into the series. If you didn't enjoy the Redbreast then maybe not worth reading the whole series but I wouldn't start with Phantom. I found Harry Hole to be one of my favourite characters ever and enjoyed the whole series - agree that the books are nothing like Steig Larsson's and whoever thought that up as a sales pitch for the book didn't do Nesbo any favours though.
I've read your full review and I agree, the feeling is the same: Ok, he drinks, there's violence, but it's too formulaic and too "bestselling crime" to my taste.