Kurt Wallander: Book 8
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Didn’t Like It “Not my favorite in this series. It was an interesting concept: what would happen if electronic terrorism took down the internet, banking, electricity, etc. We are so dependent upon it for everything now, banking, paying bills, even putting gas in your car. It just did not hang together as well as...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Well written police procedural... that doesn't know when enough is enough. Enjoyed the book, but it could have been 100 pages shorter without missing a thing; the individual pieces of evidence are gone over repeatedly. ”
Doug Lamoreux wrote this review Friday, March 30, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Loved it -- first one of the Mankell books I've read.”
Marilee Hanson wrote this review Monday, March 12, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Michael E said: 3 stars
Play Book Tag Shelf wrote this review Saturday, February 11, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Satisfying police procedural featuring detective Kurt Wallander in rural Sweden. This is the 8th in a series of 11 and my first experience with the author. A case of two teen aged girls who brutally murder a cab driver and confess with no remorse that it was simply for money leads Wallender to look closer. Another case of a computer consultant dying of apparent natural causes at a cash machine provides an early hint that he was planning something socially disruptive. From this slow start, Wallender and his team slowly piece together clues that link the cases together and tensions build as more deaths point to some sort of dangerous conspiracy. Wallender’s personality and working style are very engaging. He is empathetic but cantankerous, lonely, and driven to pursue all angles to solve a case. In this particular story, progress sometimes moves at a glacial pace while the reader is frustrated with special but incomplete knowledge about the bad guys behind the scenes. As implied by the title, the plot concerns computer networks, yet Wallender himself is a technophobe and details of the high tech issues are part of the story, as they do in other more current thrillers. Ultimately, the motivation of the bad guys is not portrayed very plausibly.”
“Satisfying police procedural featuring detective Kurt Wallander in rural Sweden. This is the 8th in a series of 11 and my first experience with the author. A case of two teen aged girls who brutally murder a cab driver and confess with no remorse that it was simply for money leads Wallender to look closer. Another case of a computer consultant dying of apparent natural causes at a cash machine provides an early hint that he was planning something socially disruptive. From this slow start, Wallender and his team slowly piece together clues that link the cases together and tensions build as more deaths point to some sort of dangerous conspiracy. Wallender’s personality and working style are very engaging. He is empathetic but cantankerous, lonely, and driven to pursue all angles to solve a case. In this particular story, progress sometimes moves at a glacial pace while the reader is frustrated with special but incomplete knowledge about the bad guys behind the scenes. As implied by the title, the plot concerns computer networks, yet Wallender himself is a technophobe and details of the high tech issues are part of the story, as they do in other more current thrillers. Ultimately, the motivation of the bad guys is not portrayed very plausibly.
Michael E wrote this review Wednesday, February 8, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
”“Not my favorite in this series. It was an interesting concept: what would happen if electronic terrorism took down the internet, banking, electricity, etc. We are so dependent upon it for everything now, banking, paying bills, even putting gas in your car. It just did not hang together as well as the other novels in this series.”
Elizabook wrote this review Friday, December 16, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Kurt Wallendar mystery. He unravels an intricate plan to sabotage the world financial market, through lucky guesses, some blunders, and good police work.”
Lady Anne wrote this review Sunday, November 13, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A complicated plot in which Wallander needs specific help because he is not computer literate. A story of a crime which is only a step away from all of us .It is also a story of life, loneliness and the struggle (real or not) to stay in place while all around you others are racing to step over or on you to get ahead. ”
rimmsky wrote this review Friday, September 2, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Journeying through Henning Mankell. It's a dark place he details from the crimes to the new environment we face in fighting injustice, crime and hate. ”
Deb H wrote this review Saturday, August 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another great Kurt Wallender mystery!”
Shibopshibop wrote this review Monday, July 4, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
