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L'ipnotista (2010)

by Lars Kepler(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

8830427586 (ISBN13: 9788830427587)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Longanesi

series

Joona Linna

review 1: Mi primer libro de Lars Kepler fue el hombre de arena, la cual es una novela de suspenso q realmente me cautivo por completo, por eso salte a leer el hipnostista con la misma esperanza de la novela anterior. El hipnotista es un intento de entrelazar dos historias de suspenso que al final se queda en el aire, ya que el autor/es no logra ser coherente con la trama principal, se deja leer pero queda un sabor corto en la boca en la ultima pagina.
review 2: In this debut novel, Lars Kepler lays out the groundwork for a stunning and highly intense thriller. A boy is found clinging to life at home with his family slaughtered all around him. Detective Joona Linna is called upon to solve the case and becomes convinced that, with a little probing, all can be revealed and... more the killer caught, as long as the sole witness remembers what he saw. Joona turns to hypnosis in order to unlock those horrific memories of the event. Calling upon Eric Maria Bark, a psychiatrist with experience in hypnosis, Joona reaches out to reveal the missing links of this multiple murder. Bark agrees to help and coaxes out some interesting information. When someone tips off the media that Bark is back using hypnosis, old scandals emerge of which Joona was not previously aware. While Bark rides the wave of this bad press, his family life takes a significant hit, with a wife who is looking outside her marriage for solace and a son who is wrapped up in his teenage life. After a horrific break-in and kidnapping leaves Bark with more questions than answers, the hunt is now on for another criminal, with Joona handling both cases. Just when one case seems to tie itself off, another pops up with mor suspects and fewer leads. Can Bark and Joona work together, armed with the knowledge that the former may be directly responsible for his own family's deterioration? Kepler grabs the reader from the opening pages and cannot let go until the final pages. A truly captivating debut thriller well worth the time of anyone with a keen interest for the dark and sinister.Kepler's novel, though not penned in English, flows much better than many of those in the same genre I have read in the past. With a number of key storylines emerging throughout, one never knows where they will take the story, or if it is simply tangential. Use of layered storytelling, allowing the same events to be seen through the eyes of multiple people, is highly effective and curiously more dramatic than a simple chronological telling of the facts. Short chapters keep the reader intrigued and while there is a massive 'throw back' chunk two-thirds into the novel, its importance does become apparent, even if it might better be placed throughout the novel, or even partially in the preface. I look forward to diving into more Kepler and realising just how twisted these stories can be.Kudos Lars Kepler for such an interesting story, which has hooked me into wanting to read the rest of your collection. less

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