Reviews

amok by Sebastian Fitzek

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.

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

mweenink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

tzinreads's review against another edition

5.0

If i could I'd rate it 10 stars

sara412's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

vici_0711's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lilafussgelenk's review against another edition

4.0

4.5

meme_too2's review

3.0

It sounded like an old-fashioned radio program. Interesting and suspenseful.