Hammarbyserien (6 books in series)
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review 1: This is a unique thriller, yes another one from Scandanavia as in Sweden. What makes it unique, in my view, is that one of the narrators is a three year old child who has been locked in and seemingly abandoned by her mother, while her father is absent from Sweden for work. The tr...
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review 1: I have not read anything by this author before. It is a murder mystery, but with a twist. The thing linking all of the victims is where they went to preschool. I was impressed how they put this together. But from a social conscience point of view this was a powerful piece of work...
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review 1: Started out strong but I felt like it lost it in the end. The premise was interesting - the effect that constant bullying & abuse has on a person, but it felt like the author was trying too hard to make us feel sorry for the murderer. At first. I did like that the murderer's pers...
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review 1: This book was a little bit clumsy and naiive; nevertheless I enjoyed it. It is always slightly difficult with translations as you are never sure whose fault the clumsiness is! I guessed the twist way back near the start, and who the murderer must be some way thru the story. The ...
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review 1: From the very beginning I was not impressed. Maybe I'm jaded...The message about bullying is very important and people need to put a stop to this behavior. Hate is taught and the murderer is full of hate and rage. Understandable. But I didn't like this book...not the language,...
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review 1: Seemed a bit slow in places and then ended a bit abruptly. The tension surrounding the child who is alone in a flat unknown to anyone is really well done - the police miss several opportunities to find her, not taking all the information they are given seriously at first. I like ...