Pros & Cons
Pros
The characters are flawed, absolutely, but still likable. Each character is imperfect and finds life hard at times. The author smoothly pulls the various pieces together creating a captivating story.
Viveca sten is on the top tier of authors that i read. I appreciate the way she sprinkles the swedish terms through the pages. Please write another one, viveca.
Although there are some predictable red herrings, the plot twists aren't super obvious. Suspenseful with a surprise ending. The jaw breaking twist and turns the local police have to go through.
This says #1 so i really hope there will be many more, translated to english. Today is november 25, but amazon says this book will be published on december 1" "i can't wait for the next book. Want to read the rest of the series. Am looking forward to ... Read More
Cons
There's a lot of inner monologues for multiple characters that are repetitive and insipid. Not one is likeable. Ridiculous self-talk and lack of self-discipline.
Highlights
Quality
I really liked the book but there is work to be done with the typesetting for kindle
A little hard to picture the scenery with the unfamiliar names but the character development and plot were great
One issue i have with the author in this is as well as her previous books none of her characters are likeable
The only thing i would have liked to know is whether hanna stayed on with the police department in are
Packaging/appearance
Was hard to put down but dogs to walk and dinner to prepare
Helpful InsightsBETA
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Reads almost like a patterson novel but with better depth of characters
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By no means is it a pleasant and sunny book
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A few of the flawed central characters were welldeveloped because it was told from multiple povs
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As others have noted there is some strange formatting in a few of the early chapters at least in the kindle version of the story which distracted from the multiple plots
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At first i was afraid that the swedish landmarks cities street names would make for a difficult read
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One issue i have with the author in this is as well as her previous books none of her characters are likeable
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Easy to follow the characters but left with lots of questions
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Toward the end as the solution begins to emerge the character names of hanna and amanda were mistakenly switched