so-soI really like the characters in this series but I found this installment a little too disturbing and gory for my tastes.
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so-soI really like the characters in this series but I found this installment a little too disturbing and gory for my tastes.
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pickThis is the second book in the Department Q series. These are pretty dark. I really like the series so far.
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pickLike montaldo the other week here is Another series where I read book 1 years ago and have only just read this bk 2 & wonder why I left it so long. Morek is a great character who in this story has to investigate a historic murder in which highly influential members of Danish society appear suspects. Definitely a very readable story which twisted and turned. I plan to get to bk 3 a lot sooner.
pickBook 4 of my staycation is complete! This is book 2 in the Department Q series, set in Denmark. A quick-moving police procedural, which was way darker than book 1! Adler-Olsen does a good job of sprinkling humor throughout the story to balance out the darker portions of the plot. I legitimately laughed out loud a few times! 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
On the beach! Staying as far away from others as possible 😂
so-soI enjoyed the addition of Rose in this book, but to be honest I found I didn‘t really care about the crimes investigated in this one and lacked endearing characters. This was very long winded in places. To be honest somewhere between so so and a pick. Usual issues a bit long winded and a lack of pace, tension and good dialogue that takes actions forward. A good editor is needed.
First book finished for #24B4Monday. 3rd boom for #Midyearruah
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Finally starting book 2 in the Department Q series, but so far behind! 😳😔🤣
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pickGreat book,great story. I'm enjoying this series now that I'm finally getting to it! @Andrew65 @gradcat @EadieB @AnneCecilie @Tove_Reads @Butterfinger
Here's the rotten thing, I picked up the next book in the series "A Conspiracy of Faith " and the cover is correct, but the inside is this book I just read!!! Whaaaat? Has that ever happened to anyone? It's a hardback book, book 2 under the cover of book 3
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I. This past Sunday night, I was determined to read The Absent One so I could take part in the discussion.
II. Paolo Coelho's The Alchemist. So many celebrities were endorsing it- I didn't think I'd like it.
III. I remove it, but usually I check out books by the library and I love the sound the lamination makes.
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I read it in bed for the last few nights and the main character had a dinner date with his therapist. He fell asleep on his food. Poor thing. #FancifulFebruary @4thhouseontheleft
Whoa! Lunatics. Abuse. Power-hungry Men. Murderess. A haunted detective and his two awkward assistants. It will take awhile for me to recover. I enjoyed the relationship of Carl, Assad, and Rose. I want more back story for Assad. #nordicnoir
pickCopenhagen Department Q has another cold case to solve - brutal double murder of a brother and sister 20 years ago. They find out that Kimmie, a homeless woman, holds the key but they need to track her down. Violent characters who hide behind their money are suspects. A bit long-winded but suspenseful and an insightful look at ruthless people. Can be read as standalone. Looking forward to next book & recommended to those who love Nordic thrillers.
pickI love how Adler-Olsen writes his characters and the crime. Carl Mørk, Assad and the new addition to the group, Rose, are just wonderful characters.
The villains in this crime are just that, it‘s been a long time since I read about someone this despicable. They‘re rich and therefore think they‘re untouchable, and used to take what they want.
Towards the end, I was glad I knew this series continued.
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These was the books on last week‘s weekly forecast
? I read Mothering Sunday
? Just finished The Absent One
? Will start The Preacher today
? Finished My Story Northug
? Started Days in the History of Silence by Merethe Lindstrøm ( Winner of the Nordisk råds litteraturpris and Kritikerprisen)
So finishing The Absent One and reading The Preacher is my tbr for #alternate24in48
Remember we‘ll be discussing this one on Sunday! #NordicNoir Did I tag everyone reading this series?
Not allowed to use my right arm, so in bed reading today. Reading next week‘s #buddyread for #NordicNoir. Not much left. I‘m having this love/hate relationship with his books. I like the banter and all, the story is interesting, but it seems to go on and on, without having those real moving forward events written in an exciting way. Big things happen, but not with an intensity or expected excitement. Hard to explain.
#NordicNoir #BuddyRead books for February. I‘ve heard that the Kepler books get better (most definitely hope so). I hope Läckberg keeps her style, and that Adler-Olsen gets straight to the point without long back stories.
pickDanish police detective Carl Morck takes on a cold case that literally appears on his desk one day, leading to a long buried trail of murder and assault. This Nordic-flavored police procedural was a suspenseful and well-plotted read, but it is also fairly brutal, including violence against women, animals, and people in general. This is the second book in the series, but it didn't seem to hurt that I hadn't read the first.
so-soFinished this detective novel yesterday. It‘s the second in Adler-Olsen‘s Department Q series, and set in Copenhagen. I loved the first one (The Keeper of Lost Causes) and this one was a bit of a disappointment. The pacing was slow throughout, and I never love the kind of detective novel where you know who the villain is from the start.
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Trying to finish this one today — wish I could just stay inside and read, as it‘s so rainy and grey outside.
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Still working my way through this one — every time I pick it up I enjoy it, but it‘s not nearly as suspenseful as the first one in the series.
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When your coffee cup matches your book cover. Loving this author, gripping storytelling!
so-soThink of American Psycho, but like a whole gang, and plopped in Denmark. Adler-Olsen has an interesting structure to this book but it is really violent and almost none of the female characters come off well. (That said, I do want to read the next one since there‘s a hint that Mørck and Hardy might work on solving the crime that caused Hardy‘s injuries.)
pickAdler-Olsen is still one of my favourite Nordic noir writers! This was a predictable story but the idea of the book was not to be unpredictable but tell the stories of several people and how they ended up in a situation like this. This was a very interesting read! In some parts the translation could have been better. When Assad spoke it was evident that some of the bad Dannish was translated badly in Finnish and the moment lost its meaning. 😊📚
I've sometimes noticed that some men writers have a challenging time writing believable female characters. This time it looks to be true as well. Rose feels a bit too hastily written to be really believable. But then Kimmie feels like an actual real person. So he has the talent if he decides to use it when writing about females...
#TBRtemptation post 8! This is the 2nd installment in the Department Q series. Detective Carl Mørck works to solve Copenhagen's coldest cases. Like the case of the murder of two siblings decades earlier. A suspect confessed. But not is all as tightly shut as thought. Renewed investigation will lead to street-dweller Kimmie, and her secrets that can bring down powerful, influential people. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?
pickNot as good as the first but good enough that I will read the third in the series.
Haven't had much time to sit and read but I've been enjoying listening to this on audio.
Challenge 6: A book you chose just for the cover...The Absent One. #secondinaseries #haventreadthefirst #boughtitanyway #booktubeathon
So I've been on a terrible reading slump - for the last around 2 weeks I've been so swamped at work and so tired when I get home that I just haven't been able to make the will to read. It's been really missing from my life. Anyways yesterday I finally got home slightly early and started on a crime novel managed to get really into the novel. Hope this means my slump is over, because I really feel the lack of reading!
