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Sidetracked (Kurt Wallander, #5)

Henning Mankell,

Steven T. Murray (translator)

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Jun 27, 2019 Mark rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is almost a 5 star read for me and probably the best in the series so far. The thing I like about Kurt Wallander is that he is believable and authentic. He’s skillful but modest, getting older and increasingly cranky.. a real human.

This fifth installment in the Wallander series builds in intensity throughout. It’s well paced and the story line is fairly believable too. The ending wasn’t quite right for me for some reason - hence the 4 stars. Overall fantastic tho

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Aug 20, 2013 Ollie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

By now the formula and style of the Wallander books has been firmly set out. Although not overly 'literary' and despite knowing the outcome from the Branagh adaptation (although plot is a variant) I enjoyed 'Sidetracked' the most of the entire series.

I don't know if it's a translation issue or not but the dialect does still seem a bit naive and preachy, where every discussion is an overly simplistic commentary on society - usually disbelief at its degradation, which gives it a slightly unnuanced ...more

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