Napakka trilleri tämäkin. Punainen kuin veri oli tamperelaisena hauska, tämä osa sijoittuu Prahaan, joka on ympäristönä pykälän tylsempi. Tarina oli kuitenkin nopeatempoinen ja mukaansatempaava, joten Lumikin seikkailujen jatko oli äkkiä luettu. Kolmatta osaa pohjustettiin mukavasti, joten kyllä sekin on luettava. Mukava, kepeä trilleri.

http://www.nyx-shadow.com/2015/07/je-mappelle-lumikki-t2-blanc-comme-la.html

Tähdittäminen on usein vaikeaa. Jos Valkea kuin lumi olisi ollut itsenäine kirja, olisin antanut sille kolme tähteä, sillä tarina on ihan hyvä ja luettava ja paikoin koskettavakin, mutta ei kuitenkaan maata järisyttävä tapaus. Koska annoin trilogian ensimmäiselle osalle, Punaiselle kuin verelle, kolme tähteä, saakoon Valkea kuin lumi neljä tähteä, sillä se oli huomattavasti ensimmäistä osaa parempi.

Jatko-osan lukeminen kannatti. Valkea kuin lumi kertoo tarinan, joka ainakin minusta oli kiinnostava. Se avaa ensimmäisen osan kysymyksiä, mutta jättää silti jotain vielä kolmanteen kirjaan. Tässä osassa lämpesin enemmän Lumikin hahmollekin.

Kirjaa lukiessa tuli kuitenkin usein mietittyä, kuinka paljon tapahtumien uskottavuuteen vaikutti se, ettei se tapahtunut Suomessa. Onko toimintakohtauksia helpompi kuvitella ulkomaille, suuriin kaupunkeihin?

Di buku kedua ini semakin membuat penasaran dengan rahasia lumikki. Dimana lumikki sendiri penasaran dengan masalalu keluarganya. Lumikki berlibur ke praha setelah 3 bulan kasus mafia pengedar narkoba. Tetapi di praha lumikki punya petualangan tentang sekte ato aliran rumah putih yg sudah di rencanakan pimpinan stasiun tv ternama dgn pimpinan sekte untuk membuat bunuh diri bersama dengan dalih Tuhan. Dan lumikki berhasil menggagalkan bersana jiri seorang junalis dri stasiun ternama td yg di kenal lumiko tanda sengaja.
Cuma ini sedikit lebih ringan dibanding sebelumya.

me ha encantado esta segunda parte, Lumikki me parece como una McGyver femenina y estoy mun ansioso por saber cual será su ultima aventura

MARZO 2016:
En esta relectura me ha gustado mucho más. El cómo se van desgranando detalles acerca de la vida de Lumikki es genial.

MARZO 2015:
La historia principal hace que sea más flojo que el anterior, pero la relación de Lumikki y Liekki... QUIERO SABER MÁS DE ELLOS. Y DEL SECRETO DE LA FAMILIA.

Full review to come!

After receiving As White as Snow from Gyldendal, I took one look at it and then completely forgot about it for months. I was going to read it, eventually, I just didn't know when. I kind of judged it for being written by a Finnish writer, and didn't even read and process the blurb enough to see that it in fact took place in Prague and not Finland.* It probably sounds like I'm against Finland, but I'm really not. Honestly, I just don't know anything about it, despite it being one of my neighbouring countries. I know where it is on the map, how its flag looks like and that Isaac Elliot is from there.

So I saw it, thought hmm, Finland? Interesting and then it disappeared from my mind. But then, as I'd just been in Prague and wanted to read/feel/hear/see more about it, I turned to goodreads' list of books set in Prague and SURPRISE!, As White as Snow was there! I have rarely run that fast for a book before as I did at that moment.

But after reading and closing the book I was slightly disappointed, despite having been so eager to absorb its words like a sponge. First off I'm not such a fan of cult books. That isn't the books fault though, so I guess I can't really remove any points for that. I read it willingly, didn't I? And so what, it was set in Prague. That would make up for it.

Except....
It didn't. I was expecting AT LEAST a couple of descriptions. Maybe how all the fresh pretzels from the street bakeries made her tummy growl, or how beautiful the red-tiled brick buildings looked, or how the Charles Bridge was lit up in the night majestically *swoon*. I could marry that city.

Back to the point; this book could have been set anywhere. There was some random name-throwing of some places in Prague, but other than that it might as well just have been in Finland, or America, or wherever really. It didn't capture the feel or the atmosphere of the city, not even a tiny bit.

That was one HUGE disappointment, and it just made all the other problems I had with the book more prominent. The fact that it was a cult book, as I said above. And also Lumikki's bland character, not-so-interesting plot, how it was really slow in the beginning and rushed at the end. It just didn't do it for me. The thing is, all those things wouldn't have bothered me so much as they did if the prose and setting had been better.

It's such a bummer, really.


* Yes, I can see that Prague is on the cover. *facepalm* I dont even know what I was thinking when I received that book. How could I not have realized where it was set, when it was on both the cover and the back? Wow, I must have been tired that day.

not the most jaw-dropping thriller i’ve read but it was okay :)

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