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The Cyclist (2010)

by Fredrik Nath(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0956492517 (ISBN13: 9780956492517)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Fingerpress

review 1: I originally got this book as a free Amazon Kindle book that I thought my teenage son would be interested in. I am glad it was free since I struggled to stay interested in it. Based on the many good reviews, I stuck with this book until the end, hoping against hope that it would finally grab me and pull me into the story as it did others. However, I found the story boring and repetitive - over and over about the dead woman! I believe that good police officers do their job, but Auguste went beyond and catching the murderer became a vendetta. Some reviews I read mentioned a "twist" at the end. Sadly, the ending was predictable to me.
review 2: I really thought I'd like this book. My dad recommended it to me and it had a lot of good reviews, plus the subject... more matter is right up my street. I'm sad to say that I was completely disappointed though. The rave reviews totally puzzle me. This read to me like a schoolchild's story. The writing was laboured, with the dialogue between the characters especially stilted. Mr Nath has no ear for conversation at all. His characters are detached, forever noticing things rather than feeling or experiencing them. They are cardboard cut-outs with no depth and no attempts to flesh them out at all. The protagonist, Auguste Ran, seemed to be a very weak man, seeing things only in black or white. He wobbled from one point of view to the next, fixating on one thing, then another. He never rang true to me. Would a police inspector really be naive enough to believe that a sworn statement from him that someone confessed to a murder is solid evidence for a trial? I also found the religious agonising jarring, especially as it came from nowhere.I was hugely disappointed and not a little irritated by this book by the time I finished it. It was a feat of endurance just to get to the end of it. I won't be recommending this to anyone or reading another of Mr Nath's novels. I can hardly believe that this was published in this state as it is. less

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