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Das Gebot Der Rache (2013)

by John Niven(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

3453675843 (ISBN13: 9783453675841)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Heyne

review 1: 4 SterneDas schleichende Unbehagen, mit dem die Handlung ihren Lauf nimmt, fand ich sehr gut umgesetzt. Was mich etwas nervte, war allerdings, dass man dank deutschem Klappentext (innen) schon wusste, was die ersten 100 Seiten passiert und somit die ersten beiden gruseligen Höhepunkte schon vorweggenommen wurden. Sonst wäre es vermutlich noch viel wirkungsvoller gewesen. Ansonsten aber sehr spannend, gutes Thema (Rache, menschliche Abgründe) und zwei sehr unerwartete Wendungen. Heftig - ja, nicht ohne, ich fand es allerdings noch im Rahmen. Wahrscheinlich setze ich neue Maßstäbe, seitdem ich letztens "Krähenmädchen" gelesen habe...
review 2: I've read all but one of John Niven's novels, which are pretty diverse in subject and sometimes hard hitting, but ... moreuntil now I'd avoided this, his first foray into crime / thriller writing under the moniker John J Niven. The blurb sold the book as a page turner, and in general this is what I found.Told from the point of view of Donald Miller, a Scottish journalist working for a Canadian provincial newspaper, of which his wife is the editor, we are introduced to a character who seemingly has it all in life. Interspersed with the now, we find out pretty early on that things back home in Scotland weren't so straightforward for him, life changing events during his early teenage years eventually becoming apparent. And now his past is about to catch up with him...As mentioned, this was a perfectly enjoyable page turner that I finished in no time, whose story didn't have me shaking my head in disbelief too many times, but was still a little far fetched in places. It played out more or less how I expected it to, and while I'll not necessarily be rushing out to buy any further crime novels from the author on release in future, I'll certainly give them a rattle when they come out in paperback. less

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