La principessa di ghiaccio. I delitti di Fjällbacka

I had heard only good things about this book, but it seems this year I'm not being lucky with my readings. In no particular order, the things that bugged me the most were: 1. This is a murder mystery novel, so there are clues the protagonists investigate to resolve it. The only problem is Läckberg tel Leggi tutto

TONS OF SPOILERS TO SAVE YOU THE EFFORT OF READING THIS HORRIBLE BOOK: Could this be worse? We have one family that runs a town and the 100% evil, snooty aristocratic mother with TWO sociopathic sons (one natural, one adopted). The natural one rapes both boy AND girl children. The adopted one sets f Leggi tutto

4,5 Sterne Der erste Band dieser Reihe startet mit einem eher ruhig erzähltem Fall. Der Fall an sich ist aber wirklich spannend und das Ende bzw. die Auflösung auch recht dramatisch. Der Weg dahin ist eher gemächlich, die Spannung nicht vordergründig. Ich fand die Geschichte dennoch richtig gut und a Leggi tutto

I’m shocked. The cover of this book boasts that this is an international bestseller. The back of the book says, “Ice-cold suspense from Sweden’s new Agatha Christie.” This book was not very good. Normally I’d say that maybe there was something lost in translation, but I don’t think that’s the (whole Leggi tutto

No es una obra maestra del suspenso, pero logró mantener mi interés y la intriga por saber quién era el asesino. Además, mezcla varios otros componentes que rondan el entorno de Erica, la protagonista, como la relación que nace entre ella y uno de los policías encargados del caso y la violencia intr Leggi tutto

This has to be one of the worst mystery novels I've read so far. In fact, I'm not even sure if it's supposed to be 'mystery'. More like 'character discovers x clue, reader is not told what it actually contains, character suddenly reveals it much later on in a really dramatic, Scooby-Doo fashion'. An Leggi tutto

Not the best book of the Hedstrom series but it was ok! fast paced as always but I was a bit disappointed by the ending... Not quite what I expected. I think in her effort to avoid a predictable ending, Lackberg chooses an outsider as the killer, which is the reason why I gave this book 3 stars. Lac Leggi tutto