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Die Auserwählten (2010)

by A.J. Kazinski(Favorite Author)

3.47 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

3453267672 (ISBN13: 9783453267671)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Heyne Verlag

series

Niels Bentzon

review 1: It's difficult to accept the concept of thirty six rightous souls, when throughout the book we're consistently being informed that by following your hideous and obscene urges, being attracted to a member of the opposite sex, you are prevented from being a "good person". Where did this nonsensical figure come from? There are millions of people around the world who perform selfless tasks everyday.I also have a problem with the scientific evidence suggesting that near death experiences aren't just the last electrical impulses of a dying brain. What percentage of "experts" are we talking about here? I suspect it to be quite low.Having got my "old git" whinges out of the way, I must also state that this was a brilliantly entertaining book from start to finish. Great premise, we... morell written and even though I expected it to fall down here; a touching and thoughtful ending.
review 2: "The last good man" is an exciting and fascinating novel were Niels Bentzon as the main character runs against time to solve the mystery about the 36 good people who are according to the Jewish mythology, the ones God has put on earth to make a counterbalance between good and evil, but if all the 36 people dies the world will be doomed. A. J. Kazinski takes the reader on a world tour to Africa, China, Venice, Copenhagen and many other places were there has been mysterious killing’s, nobody understands until the cases are connected by the policeman Tommaso Di Barbara in Venice. Bentzon gets help by Hannah and she discovers a system in the killings and that this system is much bigger and more complex – beyond what humanity can understand. The novel combines different sciences which are very fascinating and keeps the reader well occupied and engaged as the narrative goes along and the reader follows the tracks and the exciting mystery. I think that the most important in the novel is the deep physiological aspect in the characters which shows their different ways of handling life and problems which comes along and of course the myth of the 36 good men. The book is a very good read written in 3. Person narrative and with many intertextualities which gives the book a little more spice. less

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