Lemmer (7 books in series)
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review 1: Meyer continues his streak of terrific thrillers. The appeal here is his decision to weave together three narrative strands: the way this happens is the more engaging because so subtle. We often don't know that we've resolved some important aspect of the narrative until much la...
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review 1: Deon Meyer is een van mijn favoriete schrijvers. Ik geniet van de manier waarop hij zijn boeken schrijft, de personages, de spanningsopbouw en niet in het minst van de sfeer van Zuid-Afrika en het Zuidafrikaans. Ik begon dus bijna juichend aan Spoor. En schrok. Dit boek is heel a...
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review 1: I really enjoyed this novel, particularly because it is set in South Africa, written by a South African. As a South African I was involved in the story more on a personal level. I was not blown away by the story, but I enjoyed it. A quibble I do have is with the translation. I re...
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review 1: A well written novel that illustrates the corruption and conspiracies that exist in South Africa. Meyer delivers a frightening idea that someone set out to help protect South Africa and its' animals against poaching could end up in such a dire situation by simply being in the wr...
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review 1: A different take on the detective novel. First because the protag. is a bodyguard and second bc the action takes place in S. Africa. A real good sense of S African mores w/out being forced. An unsympathetic character that doesn't become the squishy good-guy w/a heart of gold -...
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review 1: There was much about this book that I enjoyed - the South African setting, the complex and 'very real' characters. However, I found the plot overly-complex and by the end of the book, I was still left trying to figure out how all the pieces fitted together. My friends who love De...
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review 1: What I really liked about this book was the African setting and the fast and gripping story. I also liked the protagonist of the book, even though his character is drawn in a stereotypic way: It's the typical noir-investigator with a hard shell and a soft core, fighting his oppon...