by Henning Mankell
I had the good fortune of listening to this as an audiobook and I think this helped a lot with the rating I gave it, because although the plot was very interesting, at times it was too intrincated and long. I feel like if I had been just reading the book, I would have found it boring in some points...
awesome
Not even going to rate this one, since I didn't finish. I expect it wasn't bad, but the fact that I put it down, misplaced it, and totally forgot I was reading it until it was time to take it back to the library tells me I just wasn't that in to it.
Something I read gave away too much of the plot..., and the lack of suspense is killing me.I have to avoid all blurbs, GR reviews, wiki entries, amz reviews... total blackout..This one, moreover, looks like it's not Mankell's best, and I mainly started it because I've decided to read whole series, w...
This book started off incredibly strong; however then turned into a political thriller, which just aren't my cup of tea. Still worth the read in the series though.
Not entirely sure where I sit with this book; not a good sign. Wallander is irksome, he flails and gets away with murder, so to speak. I was distracted by amusement at the RPF (Pik Botha/FW de Klerk! No, not really, but I thought it.) and irritated by the symbolism of the white lioness: white Afrika...
Some of the best police procedural/mystery writing is coming out of the Scandinavian countries. Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo, for example, also come from Sweden, and their work is consistently excellent. Not to mention there must ne some very good translators working on these books. Mankell, who w...
This is my third Mankell in about 6 weeks. I'm just under the spell of Kurt Wallander. I'm probably gonna begin "Sidetracked" tonight. I'm like an addict. I have to skip one in the chronology because it's not available (I've put a hold on it at the library) but since they are not published in order ...
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