Broken
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547520360 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Unusual psychological thriller Androo If you're a fan of Fossum's Konrad Sejer detective series, you might feel a bit disappointed that her latest novel `Broken' isn't part of the series but something rather different.You might even, having read the synopsis, imagine that this isn't going to be for you. It sounds a bit odd, doesn't it? One of her characters comes into her be. Fate or Free Will? Today, I Read THREE QUICK POINTS*Point 1: Where's the mystery? A quarter of the way through, I realized this wasn't a traditional whodunit mystery; it wasn't a traditional mystery in any sense.*Point 2: It's about characters under a microscope. Flawed and exaggerated, but haunting characters crafted with aplomb.*Point 3: Smooth prose and pacing. Lost . Miscategorized, But Engaging Nonetheless T. Adlam Broken is my first introduction to Karin Fossum and I should also mention that I don't speak Norwegian, so I'll be reviewing the English translation done by Charlotte Barslund. There's no way for me to know how much of the author's voice and style was (or was not) lost in translation. And now, with that small caveat out of the way, on to
The woman is an author and the man one of her characters, one in a long line that waits in her driveway for the time when she’ll tell their stories. He, the author decides, is named Alvar Eide, forty-two years old, single, works in a gallery. He lives a quiet, orderly life and likes it that way—no demands, no unpleasantness. She lies there in silence, paralyzed with fear. A strange man is in her bedroom. He is so desperate that he has resorted to breaking into her house and demanding that she begin. Until the icy winter morning when a young drug addict, skinny and fragile, walks into the gallery. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee
“A superb writer of psychological suspense.”–New York TimesFrom the Trade Paperback edition.