Books by Jonas Jonasson
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review 1: Hard to classify this book." Love the main character Nombeko from S. Africa. She's a little like Lizbeth from the GIrl with the Dragon Tattoo. And It has " a cast of eccentrics: a nerve-damaged American Vietnam deserter, twin brothers who are officially only one person, three c...
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review 1: International Political Satire Greatness. So many topsy-turvy twists and turns with a character set and plot that reminded me of The Gran Budapest Hotel (movie). I think it would be truly wrong of me to say that I learned some things about Sweden, and South Africa, but it's true...
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review 1: Sorta cute, but quite the disappointment after having read "The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared." That was uproarious, laugh-out-loud, good fun. "The Girl" follows a similar insanely complex plot line that bores almost immediately. I actually couldn't ...
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review 1: I found this book very tedious, which was incredibly disappointing! I absolutely loved the 100 year old man... so I was hoping for something similar. Unfortunately it's essentially exactly the same, just longer and without the novelty. I found myself constantly checking the perce...
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review 1: Jonasson has created an amazing, wonderful story in this book. The events in the book are absurd, funny and surprising, and even though it is very unlikely that something like this happens for real is about 1 in 45,766,212,810, Jonasson´s great way of writing makes me forgive tha...
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review 1: I know everyone seems to really love this book but I found it a bit of a struggle.The story follows Allan, who, on his hundredth birthday decides to make his escape from the old folks home where he currently lives. We then follow his adventures when he steals a suitcase from a ga...
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review 1: I wanted to give 1 star but then I remembered Fifty Shades and gave 2 instead. This book is supposed to be funny but it's not, supposed to be clever but it's not and supposed to be unique but it's not. I don't know why it became such a big "success", maybe people just like to rea...