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Box by Henrik Fexeus, Camilla Läckberg

5 reviews

nieva098's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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frantically's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Yes, this was looong, and I was fully ready to come on here and say it was too long but damn, the ending made it worth it. While I had my suspicions (and I'm damn proud of them), I really didn't see how it all fit together until the end and that's why it needed to be that long.

I struggled with Vincent as a protagonist, while I of course rooted for him to solve the murder, he honestly just seemed like a bit of a dick in his personal life — sorry. Mina was the one who really made this work for me and I loved reading about her.

A book that dragged at times but ultimately was still a great read!
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mister_goldfish's review against another edition

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slow-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
I've read marginally less well written books, but never anything so universally awful. It made me angry, bored and disgusted all at the same time. The ableism, racism, sexism and general muckiness was unforgivable. 
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satuhurme's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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juliethebookcat's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-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

3.0

[Reklame/gave fra forlaget]

Box er en krimi med et interessant plot med trylle-illusioner, koder, nedtælling til flere mord. Samtidig er den klassisk i den forstand, at den ene hovedperson ikke er indenfor politiet. Der er også den klassiske “betjent med broget fortid.” Og det er jo ting, der fungerer i en krimi. Det gør det egentligt også i denne fortælling. Alligevel var jeg ikke helt solgt.

Der er mange bipersoner, som hver især får nogle kapitler, hvor de har fortælle-stemmen. Det synes jeg, er unødvendigt. Karakteren kunne sagtens stå skarpt, uden at de får “der egen stemme.” Det er nemlig en ganske lang krimi, med flere sidehistorier der ikke er nødvendige for plottets fremdrift. Der kommer dog flere bøger i serien, så måske der bliver fulgt op på nogle af dem? Jeg havde gerne set et par af bihistorierne skåret fra. Bikaraktererne fremstår ligeledes ret karikerede og stereotype for en krimi - som fx den svært sexistiske politimand, der “nedlægger damer på stribe,” fordi han en gang blev såret. En anden karakter udviser en del homofobi, som slet ikke er nødvendig for historien.

Jeg havde efter ca. 2/3 regnet plottet nogenlunde ud, omend ikke hundred procent. Det ødelagde ikke oplevelsen, men det var lidt forudsigelig.

Alle de psykologiske forklaringer om menneskers adfærd var ret interessant. Actionniveauet er ikke så højt - det er en mere langsommelig krimi. En lidt blandet læseoplevelse, men jeg vil stadig gerne læse den næste i rækken.
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