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This was such an exciting read. I don't often read thrillers but every once in a while I pick on up. This had been sitting on my shelves for a while but I am glad I finally picked it up.
Carl Morck - the novel's main character - is not the most likeable character, but he definitely grew on me. I was surprised more by side character Assad, a young man from the Middle East. It is not typical that such a duo gets featured (older, atheist? Danish man and young Middle Eastern Muslim man) and it was a ...more
Carl Morck - the novel's main character - is not the most likeable character, but he definitely grew on me. I was surprised more by side character Assad, a young man from the Middle East. It is not typical that such a duo gets featured (older, atheist? Danish man and young Middle Eastern Muslim man) and it was a ...more
Just finished the book yesterday.
My parents had been talking about these books for quite a while now, and curiosity got the best of me. I started reading the book some days ago. The beginning was a little slow, because you had to be presented with the characters and the making of the new police department, department Q.
It soon turned out to be a very interesting novel which was hard to let go of. It is horrible to read about Merethe captured in a cage, and I still wonder how Jossi ever came up ...more
My parents had been talking about these books for quite a while now, and curiosity got the best of me. I started reading the book some days ago. The beginning was a little slow, because you had to be presented with the characters and the making of the new police department, department Q.
It soon turned out to be a very interesting novel which was hard to let go of. It is horrible to read about Merethe captured in a cage, and I still wonder how Jossi ever came up ...more
4.5 Stars This is the third suspense/thriller style book I've read coming from Scandinavian authors (The Boy in the Suitcase and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo being the others) and my favorite out of those. It's less because of the mystery storyline involved and more because of the characterizations of detective Carl Morck and his amusing and mysterious new Syrian assistant, Assad.
Morck is suffering from depression and survivor guilt after a shooting results in the death and hospitalization of ...more
Morck is suffering from depression and survivor guilt after a shooting results in the death and hospitalization of ...more
Very much enjoyed this mystery. Loved the snarky lead character and his assistant.
I liked this book, which was recommended to me by several Goodreads friends, but I was also slightly confused by it. There are bits of information missing which I'm longing for. Hopefully, those will be addressed in the next book in this series.
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I found this to be a well-paced and suspenseful mystery with an interestingly flawed protagonist (vs. an annoyingly flawed protagonist).
Jun 01, 2014
Iniya
marked it as to-read
Jul 24, 2014
Kaitlin
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Aug 10, 2014
Diana S
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Jan 31, 2015
Cathie
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Jul 28, 2017
Darlene
marked it as wishlist
Feb 22, 2018
Melanie
marked it as to-read-series
Dec 17, 2018
Nancy
rated it
it was amazing
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Sep 21, 2018
JackAttack
marked it as tbr-pre-2025
Jan 03, 2019
Amy Quigley
marked it as to-read
Oct 04, 2020
☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
marked it as to-read
