Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Publish Date: February 28, 2012
Format: MP3 CD
Discs: 2
ISBN: 978 1624065590
In the middle of
a rainy Swedish summer, a little girl is abducted from a crowded train. Despite hundreds of potential witnesses, no
one noticed when the girl was taken. Her
distraught mother was left behind at the previous station in what seemed to be
a coincidence. The train crew was
alerted and kept a watchful eye on the sleeping child. But when the train pulled into Stockholm
Central Station, the little girl had vanished.
Inspector Alex Recht and his special team of federal investigators,
assisted by the investigative analyst Fredrika Bergman, are assisting to what
at first appears to be a classic custody fight.
But when the child is found dead in the far north of Sweden with the
word “unwanted” scribbled on her forehead, the case soon turns into the
investigation team’s worst nightmare – the pursuit of a brilliant and ruthless
killer.
My Thoughts
I've never really been a big fan of Scandinavian literature. I have no desire to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series - although I'm sure I eventually will as they are sitting on my shelf. I don't know exactly what it is that I don't like about them, but it's possible the dark and twistedness of the stories. I defiantly did not enjoy this book. It's possible the reason is because I absolutely hated the narrator for the audio book. Maybe had a physically read the book I may have enjoyed it more, but listening to it made my ears bleed.
The premises for this story is just wrong. I found it so disturbing that it didn't even want to finish. A little girl is abducted and later found dead with her head shaved. During the whole novel the author does not portray any heartbreak from the family of the murdered little girl. The father not only never makes an appearance during the entire story, he becomes a suspect...which I found extremely disturbing. And I didn't feel any closure of his part of the story. I hated the background story for Fredrika and Alex, it was unnecessary and had no added value to the story. There was nothing gripping about this story that left me wanting more. I simply finished it to move on to something else.
I just found the whole story unrealistic and unbelievable and the ending rushed. The overall plot of the book was just weak and disturbing. Overall I did not enjoy this and will most likely not read the rest in the series.
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The reviews made here are my personal opinion. I’m not being paid to review any of these books. I am by no means a professional book reviewer or editor. I do this for the love of books.
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