Books by Mikkel Birkegaard
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review 1: I spent the entire time trying to figure out if I liked this book or not. There was definitely something lost in the translation, which made the prose seem a little too basic. The world that the author creates is a great one, and geared toward literature nerds, but the plot jumpe...
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review 1: I don't quite know what I expected from this book; but whatever it was, after finishing I felt my expectations hadn't quite been met. Birkegaard's book has an intriguing setting, but somehow it feels as though the book never quite reaches the level of greatness it perhaps could h...
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review 1: The idea of books having power combined with what was touted to be a thriller setting was a draw, and the story did have some moments, but a bit more character development would have put some meat on a not bad idea. The appealing bookstore owner, who opens the story, dies early l...
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review 1: On the whole, ambivalent feelings about this book. It was certainly not a bad read, but not great either. I really loved the first few chapters - intruiging, full of suspense and a terrible sense of foreboding. However, my satisfaction was only short-lived and my enjoyment of ...
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review 1: I selected this book from the shelf as it provided me with an immediate mental connection to Zafon's Cemetery of Forgotten Books trilogy. That may be the reason for my rating only being a 3 instead of a 4...Birkegaard is not Zafon; he cannot create the mental imagery that sucks y...
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review 1: Un titre qui m'avait attirée, un début prometteur.Un libraire qui rentre chez lui après un voyage à l'étranger. Il découvre un nouvel ouvrage dans sa galerie des livres rares. A-t-il été acheté par son assistant ? Il commence à le lire, mais rapidement, son puls s'accélère, et il...
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review 1: Che la lettura sia travolgente per alcuni questo si sapeva, ma addirittura inventarsi un libro con tanto di Lectores (spero di averlo scritto correttamente) ce ne vuole di coraggio!All'inizio ero un po' perplessa (come se non lo fossi stata per tutto il resto del libro!) e l'ho c...