This book is really not my favorite. I don't think it's worth delving too into it's flaws, because I think a lot of them are just crime genre tropes (which is a genre I try to avoid). You know - seasoned, disgruntled, alcoholic detective; the sexy sidekick who turns out to be crazy; and the numerous red herrings.

Harry Hole is by far the worst-named literally character and possibly the most stupid detective of all time. No self-respecting detective would apprehend three separate suspects with no supporting evidence and claim they are the killer before actually finding the right one. Seriously, why he is even still employed is beyond me. The Oslo police force presented in this book is laughable because they just go along with it all. They all seem to love him because he took a "serial killer class" in the US years ago. Cool story. I took a biology class in college, does that make me a doctor?

Whatever. Would avoid unless you like this sort of thing, but I just don't.