panThis novel has won awards - I was prompted to finally read it (it‘s been on my TBR for at least three years…) by the “Acclaimed Titles” prompt on Goodreads - so it must be me, not the book, but I did not enjoy this one. I didn‘t like the writing style, it gave me no empathy for the characters or the bizarre decisions they made.
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so-soPsychology graduate, Anna Varga, applies for a position at the Säter, notorious clinic for forensic psychiatry which underwent a recent scandal. Still, it's prestigious & would be a great career step, so even when Anna arrives at the clinic to start her new post & learns that her predecessor disappeared, she carries on.
Anna is asked to work with a new patient, a man who committed a well-planned murder but claims to have no memory of doing so.
so-so“You have to fool yourself into thinking you already are the thing you want to become.”
Depressing but not debilitating. It wasn‘t horrible but it wasn‘t good either. Fuzzy timelines and too many characters. I tried hard to engage with it but…
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panA collection of 15 cases which offer a glimpse into the world of forensic science & its use in solving crime.
Forensic science is endlessly fascinating to me & the real life cases obviously provided a wealth of knowledge, but unfortunately that didn't transfer into the written word. In the ARC version I had, it read as if a foreign language book had been translated into English by AI, it was phrased oddly & was very disjointed. (continued)
so-so“The world is full of miracles. But none greater than how far a young person can be carried by someone else‘s belief in them.”
Unpopular opinion here - not my favorite Backman. Timelines were confusing, and unlike reviewers implied, I did not laugh or cry. I do, however, appreciate the portrayal of art and friendship as salvation for the messy lives into which we are often thrust when we are young.
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so-soBetween pick and so-so. I expected a lot more. The premise of compulsive lying was attractive and the characters were unlikable. The climax had me confused though and I kept thinking I had missed something. 🤷♀️
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so-soVery similar to their other collection: My Nest Isn't Empty...
Cute, and lighthearted, but I felt like I'd already read it.
49/80
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so-soI loved the first book in this series, but it feels like it‘s getting a bit tired now.
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bailedThe writing style was not for me.
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