I'd say 3.5 stars, but still, when faced with the choice between 3 and 4, I'll go with three. This was an entertaining read and it was nice to read a crime story placed in a small town in Sweden. I also liked how the people were presented in a lot of detail.That said, at times, I felt that the bo...
Move over, Steig Larsson. He's great (I loved his trilogy) but I think I might like this other Swedish writer just as much.I had never heard of Camilla Lackberg, but I stumbled onto this one at the library, saw that it had won an award, and figured I'd give it a try.I was blown away. Actually pre...
I packed this in at 34%. I found it quite boring, repetitive and gloomy and was getting to the stage I wasn't enjoying it. Parts confused me as well. A LOT of differing characters were brought in and then you had the odd cryptic comment about having met before and then nothing else is said which ...
رواية بوليسية من الدرجة الأولىحبكة أكثر من رائعة، والكثير من القصص الفرعية الرومانسية والإجتماعية التي أغنت النص كثيراالرواية بتحكي عن كاتبة بتسافر إلى مسقط رأسها بعد موت والديها في حادث سيربتستقر لفترة إلى أن تسوي أمور الجنازة والدفن، في ظل هذه الأثناء بتكون هي أول من يرى جثة صديقتها من أيام الط...
Segreti, ossa vecchie rimaste sepolte troppo a lungo, una storia straziante, ma quando si parla della IIWW e di quello che e' successo, e' fin troppo facile cadere nel patetico...e invece la Lackberg non cade nella trappola, creando un intreccio bello e capace di prendere il lettore.A parte la mo...
The Hidden Child is a well plotted story about two connected crimes in the small coastal town of Fjällbacka, Sweden, one committed in 1945, the other in the present day. The tale has two particular strengths: a fairly intricate plot told from multiple perspectives that has depth, resonance, and ...
What I liked best about this book: the fact that I had absolutely no idea who the perpetrator was. What I liked least: the crimes and the mystery behind them were interesting enough, especially with Second World War background, but I didn't find them that exciting. Or, at least, not as exciting a...
This is a very well written book. And the translator did one of the best jobs I've ever read in smoothing out what I consider the stilted rhythm of most Scandinavian-to-English translations.I highly recommend the book - however I can't give it a 5 overall because it didn't make me cry (where it ...
Maybe I'm getting to be an old hand at Crime Ficiton but I definitely guessed 2 of the "twist" elements to this novel (that being said, they were good twists). However, as with all of Lackberg's novels, my guessing didn't detract from the story. I wish there was more focus on Madeline's history, ...
My first book by Camilla Lackberg. A bit frustrated that I picked up in the middle of the series, but it wasn't tied in too much to the previous books and made a good story regardless of the separation. I guessed part of the ending, but I tend to do that - it came as en epiphany late at night a...
Taattua Läckbergiä, koko paksu dekkari tuli ahmaistua käytännössä kerralla. Erica ei tässä ole niin ärsyttävä kuin monesti aiemmin ja juoni on hyvä. Loppuratkaisu on ihan alusta asti nähtävillä todella selvästi, mutta vasta ihan viime metreillä lukija (ainakin tämä kyseinen lukija) tajuaa sen, mi...
I really enjoyed this. It says something that even though I have no time to read books for fun because of starting grad school, I chose to speed-read this in one night. (For one thing, I'd had it on request at the library for about 6 months, and when it finally came in, I couldn't exactly say, "C...
Es el primer libro de la autora que leo y... esperaba más.Hay momentos en los que la investigación se me ha hecho bastante lenta, como que no avanzaba nada, además que en otras ocasiones me parecía repetitivo.Me ha enganchado a partir de la página 40, pero el final me ha matado... no me ha gustad...
foi difícil dar uma classificação a este livro.Por um lado acho que o motivo pelo qual o crime foi cometido, está muito bem conseguido. Só já bastante adiantada na história, comecei a colocar aquela hipótese, mas sempre com muitas incertezas.Por outro lado, não gostei da parte do livro que se pas...
Definitely not one of Lackberg's best! I do enjoy the Hedstrom series and enjoyed the sideline stories of what's happening with the growing family of Erica & Patrik, the problems of Erica's sister Anna after the accident, and the home life of the Mellberg/Morales family. The mystery itself, howev...
This was better than some of the other Camilla Lackberg novels I've read but I need to remind myself that I actually do not really enjoy her style of prose. The continual reminders to how Erica struggled with parenthood for the first few months of Maja's life, the fact that Patrik loves Erica and...
This was what freedom felt like. The boat to America had sailed from Göteborg right on time, and the wharf had been full of people saying both hopeful and sorrowful good-byes to their loved ones. None of them knew whether they would ever see one another again. America was ...
Just a short ride. A little expedition out into the big, unknown world. Then they would come back home. And he would stop asking. He had nodded eagerly. Could hardly contain himself. And a glance at sister showed that she was just as excited. He won...
His fingers had already grown stiff in the bitter cold, and he had a hard time getting the little lid of his mobile open. He hoped it was Erica but was disappointed when he saw that it was the station’s dispatch number blinking on the display. ‘Patrik Hedström. Hi, Annika. No, I’m right outside s...
If he hadn’t died, we might have been the ones living in the forester’s cottage, instead of Solveig and the boys.’‘But why did Pappa think so badly of Johannes?’‘Well, I don’t really know. Pappa has never been very talkative on the subject, but Grandpa told us a great deal that might explain it. ...