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lucyyliu's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
pegginszki's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
ingo_lembcke's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars rounded up to 5 stars.
As this available in English and has been translated in other languages, review both in English and German. Read ebook in German, may buy the Audible Hörspiel (radioplay), but it is rather expensive without Audible subscription.
Know Fitzek and stumbled over this book because it was filmed for TV and this week ( November 27th, 2018) gets send in German TV (although Sat.1 is a sender I do not have programmed with too much advertising and normally no program to see for me).
The book is a little over the top, and no real detective-who-did-it-mystery, but rather a few well integrated infodumps on the reader, where key persons tell their part of the story. Also, while I guessed some of the twists, there where enough I did not guess which made this fast-page-turner interesting.
Also, as a German, I can relate to some of the things told and how they happened, spot-on!
Recommended fast read, a little torture, sex mostly talked about (happening of-page), little romance, not too bloody. Half the time you will keep guessing what really happened and wether the victims are dead or not.
4,5 Sterne aufgerundet auf 5 Sterne.
Das Buch ist auch in Englisch und anderen Sprachen verfügbar, deshalb die Rezension in Englisch und Deutsch. Das deutsche ebook wurde von mir gelesen, kann sein, daß ich das Audible Hörspiel kaufe, klingt interessant, ist allerdings recht teuer ohne Audible Abo.
Kenne Fitzek und bin über dieses Buch gestolpert, da es verfilmed wurde für TV und diese Woche (27. Nov 2018) im deutschen TV gezeigt wird (obwohl Sat.1 ein Sender ist, den ich nicht programmiert habe mit zuviel Werbung und normalerweise nichts für mich zu sehen bringt).
Das Buch ist etwas überkandidelt, kein richtiges Detektiv-wer-war-es-Mystery, stattdessen einige gut integrierte Info-Dumps für den Leser, wo Schlüsselfiguren ihren Teil der Geschichte erzählen. Ausserdem, obwohl ich einige Wendungen erraten habe, blieben genug, die ich nicht erraten habe, dies diesen schnellen Thriller interessant machten.
Und, als Deutscher, kann ich einiges nachvollziehen, was erzählt wurde und wie es passiert ist, das war spot-on!
Empfohlen als schnelles Lesefutter, ein wenig Folter, sex wird grösstenteils nur drüber geredet (passiert ausserhalb des Buches), kleine Romanzen-Szenen, nicht zu blutig. Die halbe Zeit ist offen, was wirklich passiert ist und ob die Opfer tot sind oder nicht.
As this available in English and has been translated in other languages, review both in English and German. Read ebook in German, may buy the Audible Hörspiel (radioplay), but it is rather expensive without Audible subscription.
Know Fitzek and stumbled over this book because it was filmed for TV and this week ( November 27th, 2018) gets send in German TV (although Sat.1 is a sender I do not have programmed with too much advertising and normally no program to see for me).
The book is a little over the top, and no real detective-who-did-it-mystery, but rather a few well integrated infodumps on the reader, where key persons tell their part of the story. Also, while I guessed some of the twists, there where enough I did not guess which made this fast-page-turner interesting.
Also, as a German, I can relate to some of the things told and how they happened, spot-on!
Recommended fast read, a little torture, sex mostly talked about (happening of-page), little romance, not too bloody. Half the time you will keep guessing what really happened and wether the victims are dead or not.
4,5 Sterne aufgerundet auf 5 Sterne.
Das Buch ist auch in Englisch und anderen Sprachen verfügbar, deshalb die Rezension in Englisch und Deutsch. Das deutsche ebook wurde von mir gelesen, kann sein, daß ich das Audible Hörspiel kaufe, klingt interessant, ist allerdings recht teuer ohne Audible Abo.
Kenne Fitzek und bin über dieses Buch gestolpert, da es verfilmed wurde für TV und diese Woche (27. Nov 2018) im deutschen TV gezeigt wird (obwohl Sat.1 ein Sender ist, den ich nicht programmiert habe mit zuviel Werbung und normalerweise nichts für mich zu sehen bringt).
Das Buch ist etwas überkandidelt, kein richtiges Detektiv-wer-war-es-Mystery, stattdessen einige gut integrierte Info-Dumps für den Leser, wo Schlüsselfiguren ihren Teil der Geschichte erzählen. Ausserdem, obwohl ich einige Wendungen erraten habe, blieben genug, die ich nicht erraten habe, dies diesen schnellen Thriller interessant machten.
Und, als Deutscher, kann ich einiges nachvollziehen, was erzählt wurde und wie es passiert ist, das war spot-on!
Empfohlen als schnelles Lesefutter, ein wenig Folter, sex wird grösstenteils nur drüber geredet (passiert ausserhalb des Buches), kleine Romanzen-Szenen, nicht zu blutig. Die halbe Zeit ist offen, was wirklich passiert ist und ob die Opfer tot sind oder nicht.
karlyo83's review against another edition
3.0
The storyline intrigued me and I was excited to get to read a book with such good reviews after being translated into English.
I will say the translation was fantastic I don’t feel like I missed anything of the story at all by it being translated from German to English.
The story started well with a love story, a mysterious tragedy that wasn’t what it seemed, a mad man with a radio station of hostages and a suicidal alcoholic hostage negotiator - I mean what could go wrong hey!!
I found the storyline of Ira Samin tragic and interesting and I really wanted to find out about her but also getting to the bottom why Jan was taking everyone hostage was interesting as well.
Three quarters of the book had me hooked but it got a bit off track for me and there were conspiracies and theories and who dunnits all over the place. Although I did enjoy the majority of the book the amount of extra twists that were crammed into the last 30% got a bit out of hand. It lost something for me but overall I found it mostly entertaining and very well written and translated.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, the translator and Head of Zeus for an advanced copy for my honest review.
I will say the translation was fantastic I don’t feel like I missed anything of the story at all by it being translated from German to English.
The story started well with a love story, a mysterious tragedy that wasn’t what it seemed, a mad man with a radio station of hostages and a suicidal alcoholic hostage negotiator - I mean what could go wrong hey!!
I found the storyline of Ira Samin tragic and interesting and I really wanted to find out about her but also getting to the bottom why Jan was taking everyone hostage was interesting as well.
Three quarters of the book had me hooked but it got a bit off track for me and there were conspiracies and theories and who dunnits all over the place. Although I did enjoy the majority of the book the amount of extra twists that were crammed into the last 30% got a bit out of hand. It lost something for me but overall I found it mostly entertaining and very well written and translated.
Thank you to NetGalley, the author, the translator and Head of Zeus for an advanced copy for my honest review.
hohum's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
lea3's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
fluffyfox's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5