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Jar City by Arnaldur Indridson
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1. What did you think of this book? How does it compare to other Nordic crime books?
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I found the book a bit predictable, and I read it so quickly it felt a bit like fast food. None of the characters have really stuck with me (it's almost a month since I finished it).I haven't read any of the other books in this club, but I've been reading the Wallander series. I found Mankell's books characters richer, and the stories more engaging.
It was difficult for me to keep my concentration while reading this story. The characters did not appeal to me nor did the story line.In fact, I stopped reading it part way through.
Am looking forward to the next book.
Barbara wrote: "It was difficult for me to keep my concentration while reading this story. The characters did not appeal to me nor did the story line.In fact, I stopped reading it part way through.
Am looking for..."
I agree! I felt like the characters lacked dimension.
Yes I agree with predictable. I found this book well-written but I did find that at the beginning it was easy to put it down. Seems to be a really understated Nordic crime novel. To have the murder scene as a living room and the murder weapon an ashtray seemed very prosaic.
I found this book a lot more bleak than a few others we have read that seemed to have a touch of humour in spots. The whole thing seemed rather gloomy. Unlike Adler-Olsen and Sigurdardottir's books I did not feel inspired to read any more of his works.
I found it interesting to hear about a database of the entire country's genetic information. I know of a person that had neurofiromatosis - a horrible disorder. It was a surprising connection.
It did sound like a horrible disorder. The database of genetic information was an interesting part of the story especially as the book was published in 2000. Not sure when home-DNA kits became widely available, but have heard of people discovering irregularities in their family tree.
