The Redbreast By Jo Nesbo

I read this
When: March 2011
Why:Book Club - Waterstone's Bury St Edmunds - Arc

As with Room (see post) I had been keen to read this as I had heard good reviews and it seemed really interesting.

I don't usually read detective/thrillers but you'll probably see from my blog that I read a wide variety of genres and like to mix up my reading styles, so when this was suggested at Waterstone's Book Club I raised my hand to vote for it.

it's quite a long book (600 pages) but a lot of crime writing is and I wasn't put off.  I took a long time (I would say a good 1/3rd of the book) to really get into it.  I preferred the narrative of the present day as I found the WWII parts a bit long winded, but hey this is a thriller they probably needed to be...
Set in Norway, the names are confusing and I had to consult the map several times to find where they plot physically was going... I read the Millennium Trilogy - you know the Girl with etc.... in much the same way.

In the end I found the plot a little far fetched for me...

But a good page turner none the less
6/10

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