Harry Hole (7 books in series)
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review 1: This is a tough book to like. Come to that, I find that true of Norwegian Jo Nesbø as a writer but he is good at plotting and can keep me reading to the bitter end. The Snowman is the first book by Nesbø that I have read. Apart from some confusingly abrupt scene changes, the stor...
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review 1: In so many ways, this book wasn't what I wanted. Maybe it was the gory dismemberment of young mothers that started the aversion.In the Redbreast, the culprit was so difficult to identify that it kept me guessing until the very end. I was stumped, then hooked on Harry Hole.Here,...
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review 1: 3.5 stars thoughpolice is actually my first nesbø book. found it while im on a bookstore trip. the first three fourth of the book was really good, and if it continued like that I'd give it 4.5. but the latter one fourth ruined it all. no spoilers though hahahaI dont really like h...
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review 1: Harry Hole is called back to work,as a policeman from his job teaching in the Police Academy after a string of policemen are murdered followed by a string of murders of family members of policemen. The link seems to be policemen who had worked on cases involving murder and appea...
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review 1: This was a solid mystery with action, and an intriguing non-linear narrative. I just have two criticisms. #1: it opened with an explicit sex scene that didn't fit the tone of the rest of the book. There were other sex scenes but not as explicit. It seemed like a cheap gimmick to ...
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review 1: I finally completed this book. Howard & I started this as a book on CD for a road trip. He did not like it. He felt it was too dark. Harry Hole books are dark but always exciting and unpredictable. The ending was a shocker although I can not say I will miss the character in ...
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review 1: excellent read from Jo Nesbo. I am a huge fan and with each book not sure what to expect but never goes away unsatisfied. I cannot review this story without spoiling it for people that still want to read this but can say suspense builds up from first page with plenty of suspense,...