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luciearan's review against another edition
3.0
Tento díl mě, oproti předchozímu, docela dost zklamal. Začátek byl rozvláčný, poměrně nezajímavý, se spoustou mimodějových vsuvek, které byly spíš únavné, než aby děj nějak obohatily. Detektivní pátrání se skoro nevyvíjelo a já často uvažovala o tom, že knihu odložím. Tři hvězdy dávám jen proto, že zhruba ve dvou třetinách se příběh rozhýbal a začal být zajímavější. Ani to ale knihu nezachrání.
tinana's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
henrymarlene's review
4.0
Heine Balled has an interesting way of pulling you in slowly and shockingly into each twist, nook and cranny that ‘Scatter Her Ashes’ has to offer. It is chilling. It is raw. It is visceral. It is creepy and sinister. This is a story that is clever and has some dark humour that shines through at the rights times to stop the edginess dragging you under. Thorkild Aske is damaged goods, but he is asked to step into an unusual case as a ‘consultant’ for a crime writer, Milla Lind. Yes - there is more to this story, but the totality of what the ‘more’ refers to isn’t what you think it will be. From the top and tail of Norway to a Russian prison, the experience of the bitter cold and landscapes do influence the bleakness of Thorkild, and the spiralling of his emotions and withdrawal symptoms throughout the course of the story. No one want to talk, no-one wants to share anything, no-one wants to spare the truth about two girls going missing from a local residential home. Or about Milla’s previous consultant’s death. Or even about Milla. And Milla’s novels about August Mugabe seem to hide a lot of home truths and pathways that either lead to a new twist or something more sinister. Thorkild seems to have a knack to deflect his flaws and highlight the same in others in order to discover the truth, without every dealing with his own. He has a way to apply the manic and strained conversations and thoughts in his own mind to what is happening around him in order to make sense of what he sees. Mind you, he’s also very clever at hiding that analysis from the reader, and what you may have thought was an obvious left turn was in fact a veer to the right with a hairpin u-turn. I was lured in with this novel, and it was worth the wait to reel it all in.
dobichan's review against another edition
3.0
Egentlig 3.5.
Mye bedre enn den første. Veldig mye bedre - men det er rom for mer også. Blir noen litt for søkte metaforer til tider som virker laget mest for bare å skape unaturlige kontraster - ikke fordi de gir noe ekstra.
Mye bedre enn den første. Veldig mye bedre - men det er rom for mer også. Blir noen litt for søkte metaforer til tider som virker laget mest for bare å skape unaturlige kontraster - ikke fordi de gir noe ekstra.
soderholmirina's review against another edition
2.0
Paratiisin kutsu vie hyvin mennessään ja itse juoni on mielenkiintoinen. Tässä osassa on kuitenkin omaan makuuni liikaa lääkkeiden väärinkäyttöä. Vähän vähemmän oxyja niin arvosana olisi noussut ainakin yhdellä tähdellä. Ensimmäinen osa Meren aaveet oli parempi.
syren1532's review
4.0
Thorkild Aske is a former police officer who has been in prison and is scarred following a car accident that killed the woman he loved. Struggling with drug addiction his psychiatrist has put him in touch with Mila Llind, an author, who is researching her next book. He will be replacing another former policeman who was killed by his ex-wife while investigating the case of two missing teenage girls. Thorkild soon discovers that the research for the book is simply a cover for another investigation - the search for Milla’s teenage daughter, the daughter she had given up years earlier. Soon an attempt is made on his life and he’s on the trail of a serial killer.
Wasn’t sure of this book at the start but it soon sucked me in and I had to keep reading to find out what happened
Thanks to Netgalley, Bloomsbury Publishing and Heine Beikkeld for the ARC of this book in return for an honest review.
Wasn’t sure of this book at the start but it soon sucked me in and I had to keep reading to find out what happened
Thanks to Netgalley, Bloomsbury Publishing and Heine Beikkeld for the ARC of this book in return for an honest review.
markhoh's review
5.0
‘’If only you knew”, I go on, “the strength of the human desire to believe, sometimes. How intense your delusions can be, and how willing you can be to breathe life into them. Human beings want to believe.” p400.
Heine Bakkeid delivers a second 5 star instalment in “Scatter her Ashes”, delivering quintessential Nordic Noir with all the elements that make this genre so appealing. Set in the transitional period between winter and spring in Norway, accentuating the atmospheric bleakness from the south to the Arctic north, Bakkeid brings Thorkild Aske, damaged, disgraced, and dark, ex-policeman to life in a page turning tale of human need.
While not quite as lyrical and poetic for me as Bakkeid’s first book, “I will miss you tomorrow”, I enjoyed it immensely. Thorkild Aske is the type of character I love, deeply damaged, giving opportunity to explore some kind of raw humanity, an opportunity to delve into the dark nights of the human soul, made even darker in the far north.
“Scatter her ashes” sees Aske connect with Milla Lind, famous Norwegian crime writer who clearly has a penchant for writing best selling Nordic Noir herself that the whole country seems to now about and has so connected with her character August Mugabe. Bakkeid highlights that Lind writes in a way that is a literary processing of her own sadness and loss, which is kind of intriguing to read a novel about some who writes the same kind of novels.
Milla Lind’s deep sadness centres around her missing daughter, who she gave up when she was a young child, unable to deal with the rape that resulted in her pregnancy. Aske is recruited to try to find her daughter after the previous private investigator is murdered.
Aske continues to deal with his own demons, regrets, addictions, mental health, delusions and emotional tumult. He is truly one of the more complex characters I have come across in this genre.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, have been waiting to read it ever since reading the first book and I’m pleased to see it certainly did not disappoint.
Heine Bakkeid delivers a second 5 star instalment in “Scatter her Ashes”, delivering quintessential Nordic Noir with all the elements that make this genre so appealing. Set in the transitional period between winter and spring in Norway, accentuating the atmospheric bleakness from the south to the Arctic north, Bakkeid brings Thorkild Aske, damaged, disgraced, and dark, ex-policeman to life in a page turning tale of human need.
While not quite as lyrical and poetic for me as Bakkeid’s first book, “I will miss you tomorrow”, I enjoyed it immensely. Thorkild Aske is the type of character I love, deeply damaged, giving opportunity to explore some kind of raw humanity, an opportunity to delve into the dark nights of the human soul, made even darker in the far north.
“Scatter her ashes” sees Aske connect with Milla Lind, famous Norwegian crime writer who clearly has a penchant for writing best selling Nordic Noir herself that the whole country seems to now about and has so connected with her character August Mugabe. Bakkeid highlights that Lind writes in a way that is a literary processing of her own sadness and loss, which is kind of intriguing to read a novel about some who writes the same kind of novels.
Milla Lind’s deep sadness centres around her missing daughter, who she gave up when she was a young child, unable to deal with the rape that resulted in her pregnancy. Aske is recruited to try to find her daughter after the previous private investigator is murdered.
Aske continues to deal with his own demons, regrets, addictions, mental health, delusions and emotional tumult. He is truly one of the more complex characters I have come across in this genre.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, have been waiting to read it ever since reading the first book and I’m pleased to see it certainly did not disappoint.
kelskiiz's review
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
shb26's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25