Read Series: Þóra Guðmundsdóttir
by Author Bernard Scudder
Last Rituals (2007)
LAST RITUALS. (2007). Yrsa Sigurdardottir. ***.This was the first novel from this novelist from Iceland. There were lots of kudos when it came out, and it was subsequently translated into “over thirty languages.” It was meant to be representative of Icelandic noir, but it really came out to be a ...
Ladrão de Almas (2006)
The tone of Siguroardottir's series so far is one of Bridget Jones meets Harry Hole. Not surprisingly, it doesn't work all that well. Thora is the kind of flighty personality that would be right at home in the chicklit genre. I appreciate that she isn't a dark, damaged character - in fact, after ...
Sér grefur gröf (2006)
Till en början är jag mycket nöjd med att följa med i en deckare då jag tidigare lyssnat på lite tyngre ljudböcker innan. Jag gillar hur författaren väver in en känsla av thriller och bitvis en smula av övernaturlighet. Efter halva boken har jag tappat lite av intresset då Yrsa drar ur på histori...
Das gefrorene Licht (2006)
Far-fetched and ridiculously convoluted - in the end, I couldn't have cared less who murdered whom or why. This book is full of cliches. The heroine is completely unbelievable as a lawyer and should surely have been arrested for interfering with the investigation of a murder. This must be why ...