Book. . this again was a complete twist and turn from the beginning, . lots of initial chapters outlining the main players, and there are quite a few, . but I found that again such a strong storyline carried it along at a great pace, Loved the cliffhanger in the middle of the book, I also liked the introduction of the 'spin off' character and am very interested to see where they all lead,
Looking forward to reading Book, . In a series of books that are supposed to be crime thrillers, we have something that is more akin to a political spy thriller, Unlike the first two bombs in the series there's no element of "whodunit" since we find out fairly early on, You also have to get past the basic premise of the plot the kidnapping of the US president which seems a little far fetched, but I was able to suspend disbelief.
It's enjoyable, but I think it's also the weakest of the three books in the series I've read so far, Good, but not great. This fair races along and was very fastpaced and interesting although I felt a little bogged down around twothirds in when it all got quite heavy with the political stuff.
It was interesting to see Hanne appear too in this story although we've also been handed a massive spoiler as well which made me sigh.
. . loudly. We're only about to have numberin her series released here and therefore it's spoilt that a little which is a shame as up till now I think I've preferred that series.
I missed hearing about Kristiane and her King of America as much in this one, She didn't feature anywhere near as much as she usually does and neither did Johanne either, really,
I wondered if this one used the same translator as Punishment as she once again went with English spelling as she did in that but not on the second book.
There were some missed hyphens I spotted and again some added where they're not needed, I made mention of lever arch files in a previous book being referred to as arch lever files, This time they're lever arch lever files which made me smile !! Caste was also used instead of cast and mosaic when I think possibly prosaic would have worked.
It's a shame there's only one more in this particular series which I look forward to but in other ways think it's a pity there are no more to come.
Hopefully Johanne and Adam may cross over into the other series from time to time, This is the
third book in the series, and it's still going strong, A few short thoughts: The Vik/Stubo relationship started to annoy me, but thankfully the big secret was somewhat revealed, I liked the political spy angle but would have wished for a bit more concrete information on, . . well, anything and everything. I don't mind the somewhat ambiguous ending, And I love the amount and quality of female characters, I'm so picking up the hanneseries! The biggest issue I have is the suspension of disbelief: There are just too many coincidences needed that all connect the main character to the action.
But it's still quite entertaining, Not the best book. Quite enjoyed the storyline. Gerai užmaizgytas kriminalinis romanas, Perskaitytas per vieną dieną paplūdimy, Galbūt ne viskas iki galo išpildytai pasibaigė, bet skaitymo malonumo neatėmėsterren Nederlandse paperback
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De kake bomen in het bosje in westelijke richting was beijzeld, Hier en daar braken de sneeuwschoenen door de grove sneeuwkorst heen, en even leek het erop dat hij zijn evenwicht zou verliezen, Al Muffe bleef staan en hapte naar adem,
Quote: In een hoek van de kamer stond Kristin met haar hoofd tegen een hoekkast te ontkennen, Ze had haar kleren weer uitgetrokken, "De dame is verdwenen," neuriede ze, "Dumdirumdum. De dame is zoek. " Ze begon te huilen, stilletjes en ontroostbaar,
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Het is nogsteeds onbekend wanneer president Bradley uit het hotel is verdwenen.
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Voor zover de journaalredactie weet, is de Amerikaanse vicepresident,
Staat op de cover literaire thriller, maar het is bijna een combi van whodoneit en mysterie voor mij, Leest wel enorm makkelijk weg! Norwegian Noir, Some parts better than average, some parts tedious, The first female president of the United States disappears from her hotel room during a visit to Oslo, There are all sorts of red herrings and clashes between the FBI and the Norwegian police and a personal story concerning the two good guys Johanne and Adam who are part of the series.
I didn't realise that this was the third book with Johanne and Adam but it stands alone, There are Middle Eastern players, one good and one very bad and the plot against the world is increasingly arcane and complicated,
But it all seems to hover around the revelation that the president of the United States had an abortion when she waseven though at one stage she points out that she ran on a prochoice platform and didn't fear the information getting out.
But but but my main objection centres around the end when the good guy with the gun turns up to kill the bad guy with the gun, This is gun free Norway but a woman who hates guns and is in a wheel chair as a result of a firearms injury happens to have a gun ! and because the President is sheltering in the home of this woman the President borrows the gun and uses it to shoot to man who has plotted against her.
Presidentens valg Madam President/Death in Oslo, Stubo/Vik series book three,/. iBook.
Third book and Stubo and Vik have a baby girl, they've moved and are attempting to cope with a new family, While still managing with Johanne's troubled special child by her relationship with Isaak, Then, although on leave, Stubo is pulled back to duty when the female American President visiting Oslo disappears, Johanne is still coping with post natal issues but eventually also becomes involved,
I love reading a series, enjoyed this excellent author's first series and look forward to more, Embarked on series two and imagine my delight as a reader when in book three many of the great characters from series one are in this book.
pure reading bliss!
This read gives new thought to the term often heard today of "sleepers", How tucked into our societies are they and what happens when they are recruited, who can be groomed, then on to when they are activated, Food for thought in this book about past and present promises and deceit, Manipulation of / by media!
Very well built storyline, On to the next with pleasure,
Thisstar much like when I enjoy some cheesy action film that hasn't got very good reviews, this isn't a recommendation to discerning readers but I did have a damn good time.
Which I needed, Overwhelmed by a succession of recent books in which I was finding significant quotes on almost every page, and about some of which I felt the urge to write severalthousand word reviews that may or may not ever be finished, my brain desperately needed a break from so much bloody meaning and importance.
Something verging on trashy was necessary, and this example turned out more fun than I expected,
The events of Death in Oslo would be very important if they had actually happened as is the case with most crime fiction and thrillers but discussing the book won't be.
This one isn't the usual police procedural that Anne Holt writes, it's a political thriller: the first female president of the USA of partly Norwegian descent disappears whilst on a state visit to Oslo.
The political thriller side of things was what I enjoyed so much: there was a larger cast of characters with close thirdperson narration than in the two earlier books, and nearly all of the focus was on events and conversations relating to the case, with very few scenes from the home life of the nowmarried Vik amp Stubo.
Lots of big exciting stuff happening yet no gore,
And hurray! Hanne Wilhelmsen the protagonist of Holt's other series appears in Death in Oslo, It was because I enjoyed that I got these VampS books in the first place, And it was because of a nowdefunct UCL Scandinavian Studies reading list found online that I read that, one of their two suggested samples of Nordic crime fiction.
In contrast to the anxious criminal psychologist Johanne Vik, Wilhelmsen, here on early retirement after injury in the line of duty, again appears to be a female version of the brilliant grumpy loner male detective, exactly the sort of heroine I want to read about in crime genre fiction.
There is a serious subtext to the novel as is the case with a lot of 'Nordic noir' like the two earlier Vik amp Stubo books, there's a theme of encroachment onto the Norwegian way of life by Americanised dangers and attitudes, things that some people feel only used to happen elsewhere.
First it was children and child safety, second celebrities and their conduct, and in Death in Oslo, it's America's selfappointed role as world police post/.
You don't exactly need to be wellinformed to guess that the US agents try to take over the investigation and that the Norwegians resist that,
And Anne Holt's way of writing a feminist crime novel is to put plenty of women in significant roles where they are respected, and for this not to be a big deal.
This I like much better than the highlighting negatives approach eg Liza Marklund, whom I'm not keen to read any time soon, And a conversation betwen Stubo and a senior American intends to highlight differing 'typical' attitudes to women among men of the same age: mysterious amp irresistible v.
usually easy to understand, and equal,
Holt makes a few nods to the meta / literary, but there are several silly blockbustermovie aspects in Death in Oslo which will irritate some, but it was just what I wanted.
The chief baddie has elements of Bond villains, westernised Arab tycoons and Osama bin Laden, It's the Siddhartha approach, used twice in this book, where a fictional character has things in common with a real life figure, but is shown to be a different person partly because they've met them.
Also how did Wilhelmsen end up living in Frogner Belgravia And there's a really daft plot twist, Which made me burst out laughing when I accidentally saw a spoiler whilst scrolling past reviews on WorldCat, There wasn't long to go before it appeared in the book, at least, I liked the way it actually happened, and all the scenes resulting from it,
For all that this book was rather fun, I still don't think the character of Johanne Vik fits together very well, If a writer creates a character who's a specialist in a field in which they themselves aren't, without doing a lot of research, the character may not ring true to readers who have studied the area.
Okay, Vik is a criminal psychologist and academic rather than one on the therapeutic / counselling side, but despite being empathic and sensitive to people around her, she never thinks in psychological depth about her avoidance and outbursts around her difficult time training in America when she was younger and the effects on her husband.
It's like she doesn't even know the terms or processes yet she obviously must, given everything else she works out about other people, It's very hard to believe that as long asyears could pass without someone with her skills gaining more understanding of herself, And in general we hear very few of her thought processes, she simply comes up with ideas that often fit,
No longer thinking I'd jumped the gun in getting all of this series because it were cheap, I'm now looking forward to the next one a whole lot more though more still to the Hanne Wilhelmsen books I haven't read yet.
The Blazing World finished, Ancillary Justice not finished City of Angels or the Overcoat of Doctor Freud half read.
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