The Snowman (Harry Hole #7) (Oslo Sequence #5)

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The Snowman (Harry Hole #7) (Oslo Sequence #5)

2017 | Fiction & Poetry

The first snow will come. A young boy wakes to find his mother missing. Their house is empty but outside in the garden he sees his mother's favourite scarf - wrapped around the neck of a snowman. And then he will appear again. As Harry Hole and his team begin their investigation they discover that an alarming number of wives and mothers have gone missing over the years. And when the snow is gone...When a second woman disappears it seems that Harry's worst suspicions are confirmed: for the first time in his career Harry finds himself confronted with a serial killer operating on his home turf...He will have taken someone else.



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Maddie (37 KP) rated

Dec 5, 2017  
The Snowman (Harry Hole #7) (Oslo Sequence #5)
The Snowman (Harry Hole #7) (Oslo Sequence #5)
Don Bartlett, Jo Nesbo | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.7 (10 Ratings)
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Interesting Villian (1 more)
Chilling Setting
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Glad I read this before the film came out
I read this to get ready to see the film - which I did not end up going to due to abysmal ratings. So glad I did, because the case in this novel was incredibly compelling. It wasn't an earth-shattering tale, but stood on its own ground. The cold, Nordic settings lent itself to the isolated Harry Hole. Although predictable, I still felt for Harry and thought he was realistic enough.

The only things I would say were not in favor of the book were (1) There is a moment in the book where a female character kind of goes off the deep end...and (2) There is awkward writing where the author tries to slip in pop culture references that seem to come out of nowhere. Number 1 just didn't lend itself that greatly to the plot, and I really felt like it could have done without the incident altogether. And 2 just needed to be ignored.


Other than that, it was a very entertaining read and I'm glad I picked it up before the film ruined my perceptions!
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Sarah (7800 KP) rated

Oct 16, 2017  
The Snowman (Harry Hole #7) (Oslo Sequence #5)
The Snowman (Harry Hole #7) (Oslo Sequence #5)
Don Bartlett, Jo Nesbo | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.7 (10 Ratings)
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A very good crime thriller
Crime thrillers are very common, especially series, but I really think the Harry Hole books are better than your average crime novels.

The Norwegian setting is a nice change from your usual UK or USA set novels. Harry Hole is an intriguing and flawed protaganist, even if he is a little bit cliched. The plot of this novel itself is very interesting, although it does wander slightly into disbelief at times. This doesn't stop it from being a very good read and probably one of the better stories in the Harry Hole series that I've read so far.
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