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Death Angels (1997)

by Åke Edwardson(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0143116096 (ISBN13: 9780143116097)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Penguin Books

series

Inspector Winter

review 1: it was a pretty exiting book... Near the end. If it wasn't because I have already read other Chief Inspector Erik Winter novels, I would have been extremely confused with who is who. Åke Edwardson does not do a very good job at showing us more about the characters and how they are related at all to Winter, and their relationships with others. Overall it was a great book. The problem starts right away in the second chapter, Wich I found was great because you dont have to wait 10 whole chapters before the problem is brought up. I would say most of the action is in the last 5 chapters. It keeps you very interested and there comes a point where you can't turn the pages fast enough!! Praise for Åke Edwarson!
review 2: I had to wait a few days to let this book perc... moreolate a bit before I wrote a review. While Death Angels had an interesting plot and I was entertained by the story, I had a bit of a problem getting into the book. The novel starts off - bam - at a funeral talking about characters with little introduction and description of who the hell they are or were. That's fine; I'm not stupid; I'll try my best to keep up. Soon more characters are introduced, and more, and, as the reader, I have no idea where they fit into the story or what relationship they have to other characters introduced. And - unfortunately - their names all look the same. I slog on. Don't get me wrong - the story line is interesting and creepy but the main characters and their relationship to one another is confusing. It also doesn't help that I hate the main character, Inspector Winter. This may be because I'm a woman and his treatment of woman in this book - his mother, his sister, the long line of women he has sex with (I can't say "sleeps with" because he never sleeps with them - they have sex, the women leave) - leaves a lot to be desired. I'm not a prude, I understand the fleetingness of modern romance. But Winter treats women like a therapy tool: bend'em over the bed, rip off their underwear, screw'em, and send'em home. He'd probably have a closer relationship with a blow up doll but then who would answer his phone when he's recovering from his "sexual release?" I'm sure men like Inspector Winter exist in this world but I don't have to read about them. Obviously this is a series geared toward "men's men." It's too bad it gets in the way of a great plot line. less

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