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Inspector Erlendur #9
Outrage
In a flat near Reykjavik city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood although there are no signs of a break-in or any struggle. A woman's purple shawl, found under the bed, gives off a strong and unusual aroma. A vial of narcotics found in the victim's pocket among other clues soon lead Erlendur's colleagues down a trail of hidden violence and psychological brutality, and of wrongs that will never be fully righted.
281 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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Arnaldur Indriðason
47books3,205followersArnaldur Indriðason has the rare distinction of having won the Nordic Crime Novel Prize two years running. He is also the winner of the highly respected and world famous CWA Gold Dagger Award for the top crime novel of the year in the English language, Silence of the Grave.
Arnaldur’s novels have sold over 14 million copies worldwide, in 40 languages, and have won numerous well-respected prizes and received rave reviews all over the world.
Arnaldur’s novels have sold over 14 million copies worldwide, in 40 languages, and have won numerous well-respected prizes and received rave reviews all over the world.
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December 5, 2024
One of my favorite Icelandic writers of fictional crime, but not my favorite among his books. He makes pains to have the detective in this book, Elinborg, speak about Icelandic crime transformation, how it is getting more organized and violent. In Outrage the special topic is date rape drugs and victims and one particular villain whose own murder becomes a problem for the police to solve.
The book moves at a good pace and just when you think progress is being made it begins to jump around a lot. If you’ve read other books by Arnaldur Indridason, you expect Inspector Erlendur to lead. Not here. Erlundur is off somewhere and Elinborg is the narrator. She’s also a good character but if you check future Indridason books, she may not feature again. Erlendur may be going too. There are at least five books newer than this one featuring a detective named Konrad and at least one standalone. That will give me something good to read on cold winter nights.
The book moves at a good pace and just when you think progress is being made it begins to jump around a lot. If you’ve read other books by Arnaldur Indridason, you expect Inspector Erlendur to lead. Not here. Erlundur is off somewhere and Elinborg is the narrator. She’s also a good character but if you check future Indridason books, she may not feature again. Erlendur may be going too. There are at least five books newer than this one featuring a detective named Konrad and at least one standalone. That will give me something good to read on cold winter nights.
June 6, 2020
Una novela de la serie de Erlendur, pero sin Erlendur, que se encuentra en una especie de retiro espiritual ahuyentando fantasmas de su pasado. Y la verdad es que se le echa de menos, aunque su compañera Elinborg sirve de conducto para una trama que, sin ser de las mejores del autor, tampoco es desdeñable. Elinborg es miembro de ese raro cuerpo policial que es la policía islandesa. Y aunque le gusta su trabajo, le gusta más cocinar comidas exóticas (la cocina islandesa tiene muchas limitaciones) y atender a sus tres hijos en el poco tiempo que le queda libre. Pero es una buena policía. Sus métodos de investigación son metódicos y mucho más “formales� que los de su compañero. Empatiza mucho más con las víctimas, que en este caso lo serán de violaciones realizadas tras haber ingerido una sustancia en sus copas, en plena noche de marcha, con lo cual apenas recordarán el más mínimo detalle posterior que ayude a la policía a esclarecer los hechos. Hechos que, por lo que nos cuenta su protagonista, en Islandia no reciben el necesario castigo que evite que se reproduzcan con relativa frecuencia.
Un thriller no muy apasionante pero sí bastante correcto, que se lee rápido y sin sobresaltos. Siempre aprenderás algo nuevo sobre ese enigmático país, aunque después no te queden demasiadas ganas de visitarlo.
Un thriller no muy apasionante pero sí bastante correcto, que se lee rápido y sin sobresaltos. Siempre aprenderás algo nuevo sobre ese enigmático país, aunque después no te queden demasiadas ganas de visitarlo.
October 18, 2020
Una novela de la serie de Erlendur, pero sin Erlendur, que se encuentra en una especie de retiro espiritual ahuyentando fantasmas de su pasado. Y la verdad es que se le echa de menos, aunque su compañera Elinborg sirve de conducto para una trama que, sin ser de las mejores del autor, tampoco es desdeñable. Elinborg es miembro de ese raro cuerpo policial que es la policía islandesa. Y aunque le gusta su trabajo, le gusta más cocinar comidas exóticas (la cocina islandesa tiene muchas limitaciones) y atender a sus tres hijos en el poco tiempo que le queda libre. Pero es una buena policía. Sus métodos de investigación son metódicos y mucho más “formales� que los de su compañero. Empatiza mucho más con las víctimas, que en este caso lo serán de violaciones realizadas tras haber ingerido una sustancia en sus copas, en plena noche de marcha, con lo cual apenas recordarán el más mínimo detalle posterior que ayude a la policía a esclarecer los hechos. Hechos que, por lo que nos cuenta su protagonista, en Islandia no reciben el necesario castigo que evite que se reproduzcan con relativa frecuencia.
Un thriller no muy apasionante pero sí bastante correcto, que se lee rápido y sin sobresaltos. Siempre aprenderás algo nuevo sobre ese enigmático país, aunque después no te queden demasiadas ganas de visitarlo.
Un thriller no muy apasionante pero sí bastante correcto, que se lee rápido y sin sobresaltos. Siempre aprenderás algo nuevo sobre ese enigmático país, aunque después no te queden demasiadas ganas de visitarlo.
August 14, 2011
Outrage is a strong title for a story this weak. As a big fan of Indridason's first few Erlendur novels, I found his latest a somnolent disappointment. Erlendur is mysteriously absent in this installment; the lead detective is Elinborg, Iceland's answer to Irene Huss (I guess), who must have most tedious interrogation technique of any officer in crime fiction. The rather inane plot disintegrates at the pace of a melting glacier. By the time she fingers the killer, no one cares. At the end of the book, she falls asleep � and I was right behind her.
May 11, 2023
3,5
Un hombre aparece degollado en su departamento; ciertos indicios parecen señalar que la víctima habría sido un violador. En esta entrega, el Inspector Arnaldur está de vacaciones y es sustituido por su colaboradora Elinborg, y la colaboración del temperamental Sigurd Oli. La búsqueda, por momentos a ciegas, va reconstruyendo la historia que derivó en el crimen.
La trama está cuidadosamente construida, sin contradicciones, y es narrada de manera bastante fluida. Aunque por momentos se me hizo un poco lenta, con algunos aspectos previsibles, una muy buena novela, que cumple con todos los ingredientes del policial clásico, y me dio mucho gusto leer.
Un hombre aparece degollado en su departamento; ciertos indicios parecen señalar que la víctima habría sido un violador. En esta entrega, el Inspector Arnaldur está de vacaciones y es sustituido por su colaboradora Elinborg, y la colaboración del temperamental Sigurd Oli. La búsqueda, por momentos a ciegas, va reconstruyendo la historia que derivó en el crimen.
La trama está cuidadosamente construida, sin contradicciones, y es narrada de manera bastante fluida. Aunque por momentos se me hizo un poco lenta, con algunos aspectos previsibles, una muy buena novela, que cumple con todos los ingredientes del policial clásico, y me dio mucho gusto leer.
November 22, 2015
كيف تقرأ رواية غاب فيها الرجل الأوّل (البطل) الذي كان حاضراً في كل قضايا التحقيق الجنائية؟!
في هذه الرواية؛ (أرلندور) المحقق الرئيسي في روايات أرنالدور البوليسية لم يكن حاضراً فيها.
تستلم (ألينبورغ) قضية شائكة ومعقّدة تتطلّب منها جهداً كبيراً وعملاً دؤوباً، يؤثر على حياتها الأسرية.
مُغتصِب فتيات، يُشقُّ عُنُقُه ويسبح في بركةٍ من الدماء في شقته الواقعة في إحدى المباني في العاصمة الأيسلندية، ريكافيك؛ حصَلَ هذا أثناء اغتصابهِ لآخرِ ضحاياه! كان شيئاً رهيباً وفظيعاً هذا الذي حصل!
تعمل (ألينبورغ) على هذه القضية للعثور على الفاعل وتقديمه للعدالة.
بالنظر لجريمة (الإغتصاب)، هل كان الجزاء القضائي لفاعله يتناسب وحجم الجريمة؟ إذا كان كذلك، فلماذا أقدَمَ القاتل على قتْل المغتصِب؟! تدور الأحداث وتتشابك القضايا وتكثر الأسئلة والتحقيقات، ويكون القاتل ما لم أتوقّعه!تبقى الآلام في باطن الإنسان تغلي كالبركان حتى إذا حصلت لها متنفَّساً خرجت لتنتقم لنفسها! ولذا كان إسم الرواية (غضب). كان الحوار الذي دار بين (ألينبورغ) و القاتل موثّراً
أحببتُ أن لا أدخل في تفاصيل الرواية، كي لا أحرقها على من يودُّ قرائتها.
أراد أرنالدور من خلال هذه الرواية أن يقفز بـ (ألينبورغ) لواجهة الأحداث، وأراد لنا أن نستكشف عالَمها، طفولتها ودراستها الجامعية وزواجها الأول قبل أن ترتبط بتيدي زوجها الحالي، والداها، أبناؤها، علاقتها بهم وعلاقتهم بها، وكل ما يتعلّق بها.
يا ترى، هل هناك رواية يكون فيها الرجل الأول هو (سيغورور أولي)؟
في هذه الرواية؛ (أرلندور) المحقق الرئيسي في روايات أرنالدور البوليسية لم يكن حاضراً فيها.
تستلم (ألينبورغ) قضية شائكة ومعقّدة تتطلّب منها جهداً كبيراً وعملاً دؤوباً، يؤثر على حياتها الأسرية.
مُغتصِب فتيات، يُشقُّ عُنُقُه ويسبح في بركةٍ من الدماء في شقته الواقعة في إحدى المباني في العاصمة الأيسلندية، ريكافيك؛ حصَلَ هذا أثناء اغتصابهِ لآخرِ ضحاياه! كان شيئاً رهيباً وفظيعاً هذا الذي حصل!
تعمل (ألينبورغ) على هذه القضية للعثور على الفاعل وتقديمه للعدالة.
بالنظر لجريمة (الإغتصاب)، هل كان الجزاء القضائي لفاعله يتناسب وحجم الجريمة؟ إذا كان كذلك، فلماذا أقدَمَ القاتل على قتْل المغتصِب؟! تدور الأحداث وتتشابك القضايا وتكثر الأسئلة والتحقيقات، ويكون القاتل ما لم أتوقّعه!تبقى الآلام في باطن الإنسان تغلي كالبركان حتى إذا حصلت لها متنفَّساً خرجت لتنتقم لنفسها! ولذا كان إسم الرواية (غضب). كان الحوار الذي دار بين (ألينبورغ) و القاتل موثّراً
أحببتُ أن لا أدخل في تفاصيل الرواية، كي لا أحرقها على من يودُّ قرائتها.
أراد أرنالدور من خلال هذه الرواية أن يقفز بـ (ألينبورغ) لواجهة الأحداث، وأراد لنا أن نستكشف عالَمها، طفولتها ودراستها الجامعية وزواجها الأول قبل أن ترتبط بتيدي زوجها الحالي، والداها، أبناؤها، علاقتها بهم وعلاقتهم بها، وكل ما يتعلّق بها.
يا ترى، هل هناك رواية يكون فيها الرجل الأول هو (سيغورور أولي)؟
January 18, 2025
TW: rape
I have had this book since its release (2008), but only now I had interest in reading, mostly because I will be visiting Iceland this year.
I was expecting an atmospheric thriller and to feel transported to Reykjavik, but that didn’t happen.
I thought that the concept was excellent, and so was the writing by the translator, Anna Yates.
The storyline was very well developed and its development was well paced, which held my interest throughout, such that I read it in one day (and luckily the book is small - it should not take more than 6 hours).
Although this book is labelled as book #7 of a series, this can be read as a standalone because Inspector Erlendur is absent.
This was my first book by this author and I’m looking forward to reading this series very soon.
e-book (Kobo): 288 pages (default), 76k words
Hardcover (1st edition): Random House Canada, 298 pages (cover to cover), 35 chapters
I have had this book since its release (2008), but only now I had interest in reading, mostly because I will be visiting Iceland this year.
I was expecting an atmospheric thriller and to feel transported to Reykjavik, but that didn’t happen.
I thought that the concept was excellent, and so was the writing by the translator, Anna Yates.
The storyline was very well developed and its development was well paced, which held my interest throughout, such that I read it in one day (and luckily the book is small - it should not take more than 6 hours).
Although this book is labelled as book #7 of a series, this can be read as a standalone because Inspector Erlendur is absent.
This was my first book by this author and I’m looking forward to reading this series very soon.
e-book (Kobo): 288 pages (default), 76k words
Hardcover (1st edition): Random House Canada, 298 pages (cover to cover), 35 chapters
January 17, 2022
Le premier de la série sans Erlendur, parti on se sait avec précision, vers ses fjords montagneux nataux de l'Est.
Et c'est Elinborg qui mène une enquête tout en finesse, intelligence et flair. Car l'inspectrice a publié un livre de recettes de cuisine il y a peu et son odorat est aiguisé, détecteur infaillible de toutes les senteurs. Ce qui va beaucoup l'aider dans son enquête.
Quand on aime l'Islande, on ne peut que déguster toutes les descriptions accumulées avec détails, recettes de cuisine, paysages, Reykjavik toujours en transformation, continuant à tuer son passé architectural, les villes-villages et leurs habitants se partageant entre attachement à leur culture ou folle envie de rejoindre la capitale.
Eva Lind, la fille à problèmes de Erlendum, comme le papa n'est pas dans le bouquin, n'y apparaît pas non plus, remplacée par les enfants de Elinborg et de leur papa garagiste, toute différente ambiance, plus classique, mais attachants aussi, les mouflets.
Donc, séduit par toutes ces descriptions intimes de l'Islande multiple.
Si l'on privilégie totalement le thriller mouvementé, les affrontements, les retournements de situation inattendus, pas sûr que l'on délecte autant parmi toutes ces odeurs locales...
Et c'est Elinborg qui mène une enquête tout en finesse, intelligence et flair. Car l'inspectrice a publié un livre de recettes de cuisine il y a peu et son odorat est aiguisé, détecteur infaillible de toutes les senteurs. Ce qui va beaucoup l'aider dans son enquête.
Quand on aime l'Islande, on ne peut que déguster toutes les descriptions accumulées avec détails, recettes de cuisine, paysages, Reykjavik toujours en transformation, continuant à tuer son passé architectural, les villes-villages et leurs habitants se partageant entre attachement à leur culture ou folle envie de rejoindre la capitale.
Eva Lind, la fille à problèmes de Erlendum, comme le papa n'est pas dans le bouquin, n'y apparaît pas non plus, remplacée par les enfants de Elinborg et de leur papa garagiste, toute différente ambiance, plus classique, mais attachants aussi, les mouflets.
Donc, séduit par toutes ces descriptions intimes de l'Islande multiple.
Si l'on privilégie totalement le thriller mouvementé, les affrontements, les retournements de situation inattendus, pas sûr que l'on délecte autant parmi toutes ces odeurs locales...
May 9, 2018
"الضحايا ليست لهمصفة الضحيةما دام المجرملا يحمل صفةالمجرم"
عبارة قرأتها في كتاب ما و لكنها تستحضرني بشدة بعد قراءة (غضب)
فغضب تتكلم عن رونولفور ، المغتصب المتسلسل الذي له ذوق فريد في اختيار ضحاياه ، يخدرهنّ بواسطة مخدر يتسبب بفقدان جزئي للذاكرة ثمّ يمارس عليهن الفعل النكروفيلي ... ، تتالى ضحاياه ليأتي اليوم الذي تنقلب فيه أفعاله عليه ، لتجده الشرطة في شقته غارقاً في دمائه و قد شُق عنقه !
المشتبه به؟ إحدى ضحاياه .
هل تُعتبر جريمة أم عدالة؟ و اذا عجز القانون عن استرداد حقك ، هل تشمّر عن ساعديك و تسترده بنفسك؟
اغتصاب ، مخدر ، مغتصب ، ضحايا ، مصحة نفسية ، رعاية ، خوف ، خجل .... قد تسمع بالكثير عن ذلك لكن وحده ارنالدور اندريداسون يضعك في صلب الموضوع . فأنا لا أقرأ له لمجرد قصصه البوليسية ، و إنما لأعي قضايا غيري و أكوّن رأيي الخاص عنها ...
إدخال المحققة إلينبورغ كشخصية رئيسية كانت إضافة جميلة للسلسلة و لكني أفتقد المحقق إرلندور و لا زلتُ أفضله 😊
June 3, 2015
This is a hard-to-put-down Icelandic mystery featuring Elinborg, Inspector Erlendur's female colleague. Erlendur is "away" and out of touch, supposedly on a walkabout. Elinborg is terrific detective. She pays attention to details, and doggedly pursues leads to solve what seems to be an impossible mystery. She is the mother of three, and her children make her life complicated. She loves to cook, and in Iceland, this is a challenging hobby as the local ingredients are limited. In fact, Elinborg has published a cookbook and is contemplating another. He knowledge of cooking and exotic ingredients helps her with the first clue found at the scene of a murder. The victim appears to be a man who has victimized women for several years, but always eluded police.
The book gives us details about Icelandic life both in the capital city Reykjavik and small towns. It is under 300 pages which is my preferred length for a mystery and one that is hard to put down as it unfolds.
The book gives us details about Icelandic life both in the capital city Reykjavik and small towns. It is under 300 pages which is my preferred length for a mystery and one that is hard to put down as it unfolds.
October 25, 2018
جريمة قتل بشعة لإنسان وحيد منعزل مما يصعب الأمور علي الشرطة فلا أحد يعرف أي شيء ..
العنوان كان مخيبا للأمال فلا أعرف غضب من ؟ ولو كان نابعا من ضحايا الاغتصاب للمجني عليه فلِم لَم يأخذن حقهن في الأحداث أربع فتيات تم اغتصابهن منهن من اختفي ومات ...
أحداث الرواية غير مترابطة من المحتمل أن تكون الترجمة السبب ولكن تظل الفكرة والحبكة ضعيفة ..
كان حظ رواية العاثر أن تقع بين روايات تحكي بحق عن المأساة والغضب والجريمة البشعة لذا لأول مائة صفحة كل ما شعرت به هو الملل القاتل ومن بعدها بدأت الأحداث في التحرك ..
التغيير كان في إعطاء دور البطولة لإلينبورغ وللأسف كان محبطا في بعض المواقف كانت مستفزة وغير مهنية .. افتقدت إرلندور وبؤسه وتخبطه ...
استمتعوا ...
دمتم قراء ❤❤�
العنوان كان مخيبا للأمال فلا أعرف غضب من ؟ ولو كان نابعا من ضحايا الاغتصاب للمجني عليه فلِم لَم يأخذن حقهن في الأحداث أربع فتيات تم اغتصابهن منهن من اختفي ومات ...
أحداث الرواية غير مترابطة من المحتمل أن تكون الترجمة السبب ولكن تظل الفكرة والحبكة ضعيفة ..
كان حظ رواية العاثر أن تقع بين روايات تحكي بحق عن المأساة والغضب والجريمة البشعة لذا لأول مائة صفحة كل ما شعرت به هو الملل القاتل ومن بعدها بدأت الأحداث في التحرك ..
التغيير كان في إعطاء دور البطولة لإلينبورغ وللأسف كان محبطا في بعض المواقف كانت مستفزة وغير مهنية .. افتقدت إرلندور وبؤسه وتخبطه ...
استمتعوا ...
دمتم قراء ❤❤�
September 12, 2016
Here is a new author to me, as I search for really good detective fiction writers. I’m afraid the search needs to continue.
Arnaldur Indridason is only my second Icelandic writer. Unfortunately in this context, the first was the heavyweight Nobel laureate () and that book was a dense, powerful story which seemed to steam up from the permafrost to profoundly evoke the country, its people, and especially the language and habit of the poor crofter and his world.
Not so much this one.
I learned when a long way in to it that this is the seventh of in the Inspector Erlendur series which has received critical approbation. Unfortunately this tale does not feature the said hero, but one of his associates, Elinborg (we never learn her second name), who is investigating the violent death of a fairly friendless young man in Reykjavik with his throat neatly sliced and a mouth full of Rohypnol. The Elinborg investigation takes us back to a polio outbreak in 1950s Iceland, to a mad woman obsessed with electromagnetic radiation, an unsolved case of a young woman’s disappearance and Elinborg’s visits to a distant village where everybody knows everybody else’s secrets but no one tells.
I have to say the central character is bland, her family nicely introduced but hardly developed as characters, the investigation itself is rather plodding and the giveaway comes when Elinborg says at one stage that she has never been in a case where everyone she talks to is a suspect. Not to me they weren’t. It was fairly obvious who the killer was not and reasonably apparent who was. And some of the deductions are a bit farfetched (the leg brace and the motor oil).
I had to keep reminding myself that we are in Iceland, rather than Norway or Sweden for example. I got no real feel for the country or the city scape, in contrast say to the way Jo Nesbo takes us into Oslo in his Harry Hole series.
Yet, it moved along reasonably well and was entertaining enough. I am wavering between two and three and I think it has to be a two (the Indian cooking touch does not add much).
I need to try Ruth Rendell and PD James.
Arnaldur Indridason is only my second Icelandic writer. Unfortunately in this context, the first was the heavyweight Nobel laureate () and that book was a dense, powerful story which seemed to steam up from the permafrost to profoundly evoke the country, its people, and especially the language and habit of the poor crofter and his world.
Not so much this one.
I learned when a long way in to it that this is the seventh of in the Inspector Erlendur series which has received critical approbation. Unfortunately this tale does not feature the said hero, but one of his associates, Elinborg (we never learn her second name), who is investigating the violent death of a fairly friendless young man in Reykjavik with his throat neatly sliced and a mouth full of Rohypnol. The Elinborg investigation takes us back to a polio outbreak in 1950s Iceland, to a mad woman obsessed with electromagnetic radiation, an unsolved case of a young woman’s disappearance and Elinborg’s visits to a distant village where everybody knows everybody else’s secrets but no one tells.
I have to say the central character is bland, her family nicely introduced but hardly developed as characters, the investigation itself is rather plodding and the giveaway comes when Elinborg says at one stage that she has never been in a case where everyone she talks to is a suspect. Not to me they weren’t. It was fairly obvious who the killer was not and reasonably apparent who was. And some of the deductions are a bit farfetched (the leg brace and the motor oil).
I had to keep reminding myself that we are in Iceland, rather than Norway or Sweden for example. I got no real feel for the country or the city scape, in contrast say to the way Jo Nesbo takes us into Oslo in his Harry Hole series.
Yet, it moved along reasonably well and was entertaining enough. I am wavering between two and three and I think it has to be a two (the Indian cooking touch does not add much).
I need to try Ruth Rendell and PD James.
January 5, 2012
I'm completely out of sequence with this one being book 7, however, it did not matter at all to the story. It was a great read and I am now happy to have found a new author and series worth reading. I have ordered book 1., it has another detective as far as I know, but that's fine. This was a novel set in Iceland and starts with the story of a man on the prowl for a victim he can drug with a date rape drug. It then surprisingly goes to the second chapter of a body discovered in a flat and while you expect it to be the girl he picked up, it turns out it's the rapist who is found with his throat cut and no sign of the girl, nothing except some of her clothes. So, the detective assigned is Elinborg and we follow her home life and her investigation of the murder. She is good character and what I particularly liked was it was all about the police procedures and finding evidence and clues to piece together what had happened and why. It was also realistic and not at all over the top like some crime novels, and this detective has her head screwed on. I really liked it and can't wait for the next one, which will be book 1.
October 31, 2012
This book takes a little while to get outrageous. It may just be an effect of the translation, but I felt such a distance from the crime, I kind of forgot what horrors had been taking place. I was just so utterly charmed by Elinborg & her family & her tandoori spices & her dislike of interrogations. While this claims on the cover to be an Erlendur novel, I'm quite glad that he's not really in it at all (although cue ominous music over whatever's going to happen to him in the next novel) because I got to know Elinborg so well.
One thing that drives me absolutely insane about any crime novel written by someone in Scandinavia is that it will invariably be compared to anything by Stieg Larsson, even though it's probably nothing at all like any book involving Lisbeth Salander. Mankell, Nesbo, Lindqvist (who is also "the Stephen King of Sweden" which is also preposterous), Kepler, Eriksson and now Indridason - all are compared to Larsson even though their books have nothing in common other than crime & Northern Europe. According to USA Today, this book "fills the void that remains after you've read [his] novels." Look, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest was released in the US in 2009. If for whatever reason you are a random person who still inexplicably feels that void, do not look here for satisfaction. If you enjoy delightful female detectives & seeing horrid rapists get their comeuppance, than come on in!
One thing that drives me absolutely insane about any crime novel written by someone in Scandinavia is that it will invariably be compared to anything by Stieg Larsson, even though it's probably nothing at all like any book involving Lisbeth Salander. Mankell, Nesbo, Lindqvist (who is also "the Stephen King of Sweden" which is also preposterous), Kepler, Eriksson and now Indridason - all are compared to Larsson even though their books have nothing in common other than crime & Northern Europe. According to USA Today, this book "fills the void that remains after you've read [his] novels." Look, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest was released in the US in 2009. If for whatever reason you are a random person who still inexplicably feels that void, do not look here for satisfaction. If you enjoy delightful female detectives & seeing horrid rapists get their comeuppance, than come on in!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 4, 2013
This was not Indridason's best effort. For one thing, the main character of his other books, Detective Erlendur, doesn't even make an appearance in this one. (Although there was a sort of cliff-hanger ending that implies that he'll be in the next one.) The detective he puts in charge while he is away just isn't as interesting.
They mystery is a good one, but I was a little disappointed when it didn't go in the direction I thought it was going to.
But the worst thing about this book is that it is a boring police procedural. Normally I like police procedurals, but this one is a little too routine for my taste. The detective plods along and, although she finally figures out who the murderer is, there are no exciting revelations or smart deductive reasoning involved.
In my opinion the book is only worth reading if you want to keep up with the series, because even though Erlendur isn't in it, there is information about him that it would be helpful to know for the next book.
They mystery is a good one, but I was a little disappointed when it didn't go in the direction I thought it was going to.
But the worst thing about this book is that it is a boring police procedural. Normally I like police procedurals, but this one is a little too routine for my taste. The detective plods along and, although she finally figures out who the murderer is, there are no exciting revelations or smart deductive reasoning involved.
In my opinion the book is only worth reading if you want to keep up with the series, because even though Erlendur isn't in it, there is information about him that it would be helpful to know for the next book.
June 13, 2018
This is #9 in the Erlendur series and Erlendur is on holiday within the isles of his birthplace. He does not appear at all- not even once. The entire book is held through the eyes and in the protagonist role of Elinborg, his partner. She's been the incredibly calm and loaded with common sense platform ideas (with just enough nosy energy considering what she shoulders) throughout all of the cases. In fact at the end of the book, you are lead to believe that he is missing. Even his lover has not heard from him. And his rental car is found parked on a street for 3 straight days. So you will need to get to #10 if you want an Erlendur tale.
So now there is a gory death of a 30 year old man. One who holds a "roofies" date rape habit. Puts it in their drink (after getting them to his flat) and then they don't know a thing until the next morning. Except for the soreness and obvious left overs. And won't even remember weeks later either. And there are many questions left unanswered in the who, what and why. All we know is the where- he brought someone home (was it one of these females?) and there he was the next morning- with a slit throat. Very messy.
This one was immensely better than Artic Chill that I just finished last week. Here we have a very typical murder scene and a much more "average" and real type of investigation who-dun it. And it's all Elinborg's. Not entirely "average" procedural, but lots of phone inquiry contacts.
She travels by plane for a part of it, doing investigation of backgrounds and witnesses to "known" or "sought after" possible perps, parties with histories. And the women and men she meets and does inquiry for/to is 90% of the book. She doesn't lie much to get her questions in to strangers or to natives in these towns. Only and just when she needs to lie. Then, she does so. But in a few cases they ARE people she knew and saw when she was in her college years- decades ago that she uses as contact excuses.
But the other 10% is Elinborg's history/background/life story- concepts of her interests, soul lessons, past disappointment copy. And more. I absolutely loved it. She's rounded out to a real woman. Helping women who had all the control taken from them. And all her home hours and children talks are included. As is her memories of having to eat all that traditional Icelandic foods growing up. Air-cured fish dishes she describes sound purely awful. And the smell! But she still hates when Teddi brings that fried chicken lump stuff home.
Sigadur helps with security, he's split from his wife now. But it still is Elinborg doing the actions, asking the questions. And at times they are not nice people or mannerly or polite answers she is getting. And that's getting to her- the tone of "her job". Not school teachers or people with office manners or subtle scientists around her. It sure is making her second think her career choices. She originally loved geology and was on that scientific applications route. Her first marriage was to a physicist who now works in resources managements for the government and does research. SO peaceful?
Anyway, you get the entire bag. All the Teddi (partner and not husband it seems- because they never went to the hall to register she was too messed up to do so from the "first" time) stuff, all the kids stuff (you know much more now about her 3 biological children and the 1 older adopted and how that all went down). Plus you know her own battles to curb her anxiety (she cooks and tries ethnic, especially Indian recipes- going very slowly to relax). Doing any cooking at all only about every other week thing for some evening hours. Because her husband does the masses of meals for everyone, even the packing for lunches/ shopping etc. She cooks only to please her own tastes and speed/mood/ambiance. Lovely, lovely insight to her and also how her family works for the everyday struggles. And you really grab an entire encapsulated core to her relationship to her only daughter, Theodora, especially. What a champ!! Lots about the two older boys too. The oldest at home is blog and computer addicted- and she is searching, searching for the answers to turn it around. And to get the very oldest son (adopted and has now rejected them) back home and in contact. Everyone in the family of 5 misses him and is core hurt by his absence.
This has the best family unit outside of the Anne Holt prime second in command fare here. Also female character, btw. I see the males get developed in emotional nuance and tone, priority- but never see them get such pivotal essence as these female police officers.
So the case is solved but then requires a big twist to appropriate the "justice"??
It seems revenge is appropriate under some circumstances. Even in Iceland.
Btw, the rape and assault (with physical damage or even with this terrible drugging beyond the rape)- holds an 18 month jail term for guilt in Iceland. HUH!
Someone didn't let it get to trial. IMHO, good decision.
3.5 star rounded up for Elinborg. Head and shoulders over the Erlendur self-pity.
So now there is a gory death of a 30 year old man. One who holds a "roofies" date rape habit. Puts it in their drink (after getting them to his flat) and then they don't know a thing until the next morning. Except for the soreness and obvious left overs. And won't even remember weeks later either. And there are many questions left unanswered in the who, what and why. All we know is the where- he brought someone home (was it one of these females?) and there he was the next morning- with a slit throat. Very messy.
This one was immensely better than Artic Chill that I just finished last week. Here we have a very typical murder scene and a much more "average" and real type of investigation who-dun it. And it's all Elinborg's. Not entirely "average" procedural, but lots of phone inquiry contacts.
She travels by plane for a part of it, doing investigation of backgrounds and witnesses to "known" or "sought after" possible perps, parties with histories. And the women and men she meets and does inquiry for/to is 90% of the book. She doesn't lie much to get her questions in to strangers or to natives in these towns. Only and just when she needs to lie. Then, she does so. But in a few cases they ARE people she knew and saw when she was in her college years- decades ago that she uses as contact excuses.
But the other 10% is Elinborg's history/background/life story- concepts of her interests, soul lessons, past disappointment copy. And more. I absolutely loved it. She's rounded out to a real woman. Helping women who had all the control taken from them. And all her home hours and children talks are included. As is her memories of having to eat all that traditional Icelandic foods growing up. Air-cured fish dishes she describes sound purely awful. And the smell! But she still hates when Teddi brings that fried chicken lump stuff home.
Sigadur helps with security, he's split from his wife now. But it still is Elinborg doing the actions, asking the questions. And at times they are not nice people or mannerly or polite answers she is getting. And that's getting to her- the tone of "her job". Not school teachers or people with office manners or subtle scientists around her. It sure is making her second think her career choices. She originally loved geology and was on that scientific applications route. Her first marriage was to a physicist who now works in resources managements for the government and does research. SO peaceful?
Anyway, you get the entire bag. All the Teddi (partner and not husband it seems- because they never went to the hall to register she was too messed up to do so from the "first" time) stuff, all the kids stuff (you know much more now about her 3 biological children and the 1 older adopted and how that all went down). Plus you know her own battles to curb her anxiety (she cooks and tries ethnic, especially Indian recipes- going very slowly to relax). Doing any cooking at all only about every other week thing for some evening hours. Because her husband does the masses of meals for everyone, even the packing for lunches/ shopping etc. She cooks only to please her own tastes and speed/mood/ambiance. Lovely, lovely insight to her and also how her family works for the everyday struggles. And you really grab an entire encapsulated core to her relationship to her only daughter, Theodora, especially. What a champ!! Lots about the two older boys too. The oldest at home is blog and computer addicted- and she is searching, searching for the answers to turn it around. And to get the very oldest son (adopted and has now rejected them) back home and in contact. Everyone in the family of 5 misses him and is core hurt by his absence.
This has the best family unit outside of the Anne Holt prime second in command fare here. Also female character, btw. I see the males get developed in emotional nuance and tone, priority- but never see them get such pivotal essence as these female police officers.
So the case is solved but then requires a big twist to appropriate the "justice"??
It seems revenge is appropriate under some circumstances. Even in Iceland.
Btw, the rape and assault (with physical damage or even with this terrible drugging beyond the rape)- holds an 18 month jail term for guilt in Iceland. HUH!
Someone didn't let it get to trial. IMHO, good decision.
3.5 star rounded up for Elinborg. Head and shoulders over the Erlendur self-pity.
July 2, 2021
Flojito, no sale Erlendur y se nota. En esta serie tenemos pocos personajes principales y me ha gustado ver a Erlinborg(?) dirigir el cotarro pero creo que se deberían desarrollar todas las tramas con todos los personajes juntos, siempre queda alguien descolgado.
Por otro lado, una investigación sobre miserables y miserias.
Por otro lado, una investigación sobre miserables y miserias.
November 18, 2013
Like Black Skies, 's is an Erlendur Sveinsson novel without Erlendur Sveinsson. In these two novels, Indridason is using his Reykjavik CID "stock company" while the reclusive detective is off in East Iceland trying to find the ghosts that have been haunting his life.
Outrage stars detective Elinborg, Erlendur's only female colleague, trying to track down the killer of a rapist who uses a date rape drug (Rohypnol) to incapacitate his victims. It is unusual to find a novel about the horrors of rape quite so intensive coming from the pen of a male mystery writer. During the course of Elinborg's investigation, we meet up with several rape victims and their likewise suffering families. By the time he comes to the end of the book, the male reader is likely to have an entirely different viewpoint on the nature of rape. I wonder, in fact, if any of author Arnaldur's family or friends have been so victimized.
I have read all but the most recent of his works and find my respect for him growing by leaps and bounds. It is almost as if he were about to effect a crossover from genre to mainstream literary fiction.
There are few current authors whose works I buy as they are published. Arnaldur Indridason is, in fact, the only one.
Outrage stars detective Elinborg, Erlendur's only female colleague, trying to track down the killer of a rapist who uses a date rape drug (Rohypnol) to incapacitate his victims. It is unusual to find a novel about the horrors of rape quite so intensive coming from the pen of a male mystery writer. During the course of Elinborg's investigation, we meet up with several rape victims and their likewise suffering families. By the time he comes to the end of the book, the male reader is likely to have an entirely different viewpoint on the nature of rape. I wonder, in fact, if any of author Arnaldur's family or friends have been so victimized.
I have read all but the most recent of his works and find my respect for him growing by leaps and bounds. It is almost as if he were about to effect a crossover from genre to mainstream literary fiction.
There are few current authors whose works I buy as they are published. Arnaldur Indridason is, in fact, the only one.
September 14, 2017
3.5*
This one is without Erlendur who took a leave at the end of last book. It's centered on his female partner Elinborg who has to deal alone with a murder related to a date rape.
Being without the main character is a breather actually. It's nice to know more about the supporting cast and to see how they live, how they think, how they treat a case.
The only thing is that Elinborg's life is rather dull. She's probably in her early 50s, lives with a nice guy, has 3 kids at home-experiencing communication difficulties with the oldest, likes to cook and that's about it. Indridason sometimes spends too much time on mundane details that don't add much but but tend to be boring after a while.
Still, it shows Elinborg as a nice person, more empathic and intuitive than her two partners and very likeable if not very wild. The way she took care of this case is certainly very different of what Erlendur or Sigurdur Oli would have done.
Considering the original crime, the fact that the lead investigator is a woman is relevant.
The plot itself is classic, its main interest being in dealing with a painful topic, particularly considering the ligthness of the Hand of the icelandic Law against the monsters commiting this kind of abuse.
This one is without Erlendur who took a leave at the end of last book. It's centered on his female partner Elinborg who has to deal alone with a murder related to a date rape.
Being without the main character is a breather actually. It's nice to know more about the supporting cast and to see how they live, how they think, how they treat a case.
The only thing is that Elinborg's life is rather dull. She's probably in her early 50s, lives with a nice guy, has 3 kids at home-experiencing communication difficulties with the oldest, likes to cook and that's about it. Indridason sometimes spends too much time on mundane details that don't add much but but tend to be boring after a while.
Still, it shows Elinborg as a nice person, more empathic and intuitive than her two partners and very likeable if not very wild. The way she took care of this case is certainly very different of what Erlendur or Sigurdur Oli would have done.
Considering the original crime, the fact that the lead investigator is a woman is relevant.
The plot itself is classic, its main interest being in dealing with a painful topic, particularly considering the ligthness of the Hand of the icelandic Law against the monsters commiting this kind of abuse.
February 10, 2023
Quite different from the other books in this fantastic series as the lead character/inspector never appears and his name is only mentioned a couple times in passing. Instead this tale centered on one of the head inspector's associates and it dived deep into both her home life and her slow, methodical approach to solving a horrific and complex crime.
While not as impactful as previous selections it was a brave break from the series' norm and an enjoyable way to get to know a previously minor character a little more deeply.
3 Sleuthy Stars
While not as impactful as previous selections it was a brave break from the series' norm and an enjoyable way to get to know a previously minor character a little more deeply.
3 Sleuthy Stars
November 10, 2015
When I last checked in on Arnaldur Indriðason's Icelandic detective series featuring Inspector Erlendur, I was so irritated with his main character that I swore off him for a while and considered making it permanent. But then... I had this book on my Kindle and in the interest of clearing my reading queue, I decided to read it. I'm glad I did.
The best thing about the book is that Erlendur doesn't appear in it! That dour, surly, and grim police detective who gives gruff, austere Scandinavian police detectives like Wallander and Hole a bad name, is truly one of the most completely unlikable main characters I've encountered in detective fiction. So, it was a relief not to have to deal with him this time.
We find that Erlendur has gone off on leave, apparently chasing the ghosts that haunt his life, and, instead, we have his colleague Elinborg heading up the investigations.
Now, Elinborg is just about the polar opposite of Erlendur. First of all, she's a woman. She has a stable domestic partnership with her husband and they have three children together. We also learn that they were foster parents to her husband's nephew who has now moved out to be with his natural father. His departure has caused a certain amount of drama since their older son was very close to the boy and he blames his parents for his departure.
Elinborg is a talented amateur chef. In fact, she has already produced one cookbook and is contemplating writing another. She particularly enjoys Indian cuisine and her knowledge of the spices used in such cookery plays a part in solving the central mystery in Outrage. That Elinborg pays close attention to everything at the crime scene including smells, as well as the details reported by witnesses, is, again, a refreshing departure from Erlendur who often jumps to conclusions.
Elinborg is called to the scene of a brutal death. A young man is found in his Reykjavik apartment lying in a pool of blood. His throat has been sliced from ear to ear. His pants are down around his ankles and he is wearing a tee shirt with a San Francisco logo on it. It's a tee shirt that is much too small for him and appears to be a woman's. There are date-rape "roofie" pills found in a jacket pocket and, when the autopsy is performed, they are also found in the man's mouth and throat. There is a used condom nearby and, under the bed, Elinborg finds a shawl. The cashmere shawl smells of tandoori spices and Elinborg follows her nose to find the shawl's owner.
The question is, was there a woman in the apartment at the time of the killing? Was she possibly the victim of date-rape? If so, is there a pattern? Has this man committed such rapes before? In this case, was the victim able to overcome her rapist and kill him? Or was there a third party present who committed the murder or helped her to commit it?
In the insular society of Iceland, rape is considered an extremely shameful crime - for the victim! (Evidently even more so than is the case in this country.) These crimes are often not reported and even if they are reported and a conviction is achieved, the punishment is generally almost negligible, perhaps a year or at most two in prison. Indriðason gives us a lot of background on Icelandic attitudes and the judicial system's handling of these cases. He obviously feels very strongly about the issue.
Elinborg and her associate Sigurdur Oli follow the clues as they lead back to the village where the murder victim was born and grew up. They untangle a whole skein of unsavory memories from that isolated village - memories that no one ever really talks about.
The ultimate solution to the murder is not altogether satisfactory, but at least we have the gratification of knowing that a certain justice has been served and that a serial rapist will rape no more.
An interesting aside to this story was Elinborg's and Sigurdur's ruminations on their colleague, Elendur. Turns out, they don't like him any better than I do!
The best thing about the book is that Erlendur doesn't appear in it! That dour, surly, and grim police detective who gives gruff, austere Scandinavian police detectives like Wallander and Hole a bad name, is truly one of the most completely unlikable main characters I've encountered in detective fiction. So, it was a relief not to have to deal with him this time.
We find that Erlendur has gone off on leave, apparently chasing the ghosts that haunt his life, and, instead, we have his colleague Elinborg heading up the investigations.
Now, Elinborg is just about the polar opposite of Erlendur. First of all, she's a woman. She has a stable domestic partnership with her husband and they have three children together. We also learn that they were foster parents to her husband's nephew who has now moved out to be with his natural father. His departure has caused a certain amount of drama since their older son was very close to the boy and he blames his parents for his departure.
Elinborg is a talented amateur chef. In fact, she has already produced one cookbook and is contemplating writing another. She particularly enjoys Indian cuisine and her knowledge of the spices used in such cookery plays a part in solving the central mystery in Outrage. That Elinborg pays close attention to everything at the crime scene including smells, as well as the details reported by witnesses, is, again, a refreshing departure from Erlendur who often jumps to conclusions.
Elinborg is called to the scene of a brutal death. A young man is found in his Reykjavik apartment lying in a pool of blood. His throat has been sliced from ear to ear. His pants are down around his ankles and he is wearing a tee shirt with a San Francisco logo on it. It's a tee shirt that is much too small for him and appears to be a woman's. There are date-rape "roofie" pills found in a jacket pocket and, when the autopsy is performed, they are also found in the man's mouth and throat. There is a used condom nearby and, under the bed, Elinborg finds a shawl. The cashmere shawl smells of tandoori spices and Elinborg follows her nose to find the shawl's owner.
The question is, was there a woman in the apartment at the time of the killing? Was she possibly the victim of date-rape? If so, is there a pattern? Has this man committed such rapes before? In this case, was the victim able to overcome her rapist and kill him? Or was there a third party present who committed the murder or helped her to commit it?
In the insular society of Iceland, rape is considered an extremely shameful crime - for the victim! (Evidently even more so than is the case in this country.) These crimes are often not reported and even if they are reported and a conviction is achieved, the punishment is generally almost negligible, perhaps a year or at most two in prison. Indriðason gives us a lot of background on Icelandic attitudes and the judicial system's handling of these cases. He obviously feels very strongly about the issue.
Elinborg and her associate Sigurdur Oli follow the clues as they lead back to the village where the murder victim was born and grew up. They untangle a whole skein of unsavory memories from that isolated village - memories that no one ever really talks about.
The ultimate solution to the murder is not altogether satisfactory, but at least we have the gratification of knowing that a certain justice has been served and that a serial rapist will rape no more.
An interesting aside to this story was Elinborg's and Sigurdur's ruminations on their colleague, Elendur. Turns out, they don't like him any better than I do!
October 16, 2012
Inspector Erlunder is not in this mystery but concerns about his whereabouts are starting to grow upon the conclusion of this book. The principal character and protagonist in this mystery is Elinborg, the female protege of Erlunder. She takes on a murder with very little clues and solves it quickly. Or does she? Plus there's a linkage to another murder from the past. The author does a great job of showing the daily pressures of being a cop plus being a working mom. This book is all Elinborg. She is cool and detached yet also troubled by the events she is beginning to unravel. It showcases the advantages of female police officers whose nature of listening and communicating provides real dividends. A crazy woman who was a witness would have been dismissed by a male colleague but Elinborg listens to the ramblings and finds a suspect in the fog of info. She further lays into a male colleague who was too confrontational and direct with a suspect with the result of the suspect being alerted and less reticent. A very real glimpse into village life in rural Iceland is also conveyed. I liked Elinborg's character. She's not as flawed or grouchy as Erlunder. She could be you or me.
July 22, 2016
"Outrage" by Arnaldur Indridason.
I have never been disappointed by an Inspector Erlendur book by this author. However, this book was not an Inspector Erlendur mystery. Apparently Erlendur was not available and the investigation was left in the hands of Detective Elinborg, the 2nd in command.
The victim, is found with his throat cut and a date rape drug on his person and in his body. The victim turns out to be a serial rapist and hardly one that would have my sympathy.
It's what led up to this discovery of the victim as a serial rapist that was reminiscent of Inspector Erlendur. Elinborg's investigation takes her on a journey into darkness. Suicide and then murder the ultimate revenge. The psychology behind human emotions. emotions that drive one person to be the avenging angel so to speak may drive a town into silence.
This story was listened to a 2nd time narrated/performed by George Guidall who brought the darkness of this case into light..
I have never been disappointed by an Inspector Erlendur book by this author. However, this book was not an Inspector Erlendur mystery. Apparently Erlendur was not available and the investigation was left in the hands of Detective Elinborg, the 2nd in command.
The victim, is found with his throat cut and a date rape drug on his person and in his body. The victim turns out to be a serial rapist and hardly one that would have my sympathy.
It's what led up to this discovery of the victim as a serial rapist that was reminiscent of Inspector Erlendur. Elinborg's investigation takes her on a journey into darkness. Suicide and then murder the ultimate revenge. The psychology behind human emotions. emotions that drive one person to be the avenging angel so to speak may drive a town into silence.
This story was listened to a 2nd time narrated/performed by George Guidall who brought the darkness of this case into light..
June 29, 2015
It's pronounced ARD nal durr IN drith uh son. It's a fine book, even without Erlendur. His absence is mentioned and any casual reader knows why he is gone, poor haunted man. Detective Elinborg is the inquisitor here, and the unexpected crime and tangled frame were steadily inviting. So was the interior story of the detective's home life, subject to the Icelandic chills of every other relationship in Reykjavik. I will read them all now.
January 14, 2016
قرأت الترجمه العربيه منها وكان تقييمي للترجمه 8.5/10
بالنسبة للرواية يبقي هذا الكاتب من المفضلين بالنسبة بعد قراءة روايتين من قبل وهذة الثالثه واذا صادفت له شئ اخر بالطبع سأقراة
لا يشعرك بالملل او بطول التفاصيل الغير متصلة بالاحداث .. الوقائع متسلسله مترابطة ببعضها
بالرغم من غياب البطل المعتاد أرلندور وظهور ألينبورغ بدور البطولة في الرواية في اكتشاف قضيه قتل لاحد الاشخاص
و مواصله البحث عن الجاني
الرواية بتناقش تاثير بعض انواع الجرائم علي المستوي الاجتماعي وليس الجنائي فقط
بالنسبة للرواية يبقي هذا الكاتب من المفضلين بالنسبة بعد قراءة روايتين من قبل وهذة الثالثه واذا صادفت له شئ اخر بالطبع سأقراة
لا يشعرك بالملل او بطول التفاصيل الغير متصلة بالاحداث .. الوقائع متسلسله مترابطة ببعضها
بالرغم من غياب البطل المعتاد أرلندور وظهور ألينبورغ بدور البطولة في الرواية في اكتشاف قضيه قتل لاحد الاشخاص
و مواصله البحث عن الجاني
الرواية بتناقش تاثير بعض انواع الجرائم علي المستوي الاجتماعي وليس الجنائي فقط
October 20, 2016
آيسلندا التي تقع في قاع قائمة دول من حيث عدد الجرائم ، آيسلندا التي لا عمل لرجال الشرطة فيها ففي عام ٢٠٠٩ وقعت جريمة قتل واحدة ! فمن أين يأتي أرلندور بقصصه هذه التي ترمينا بعالم الجرائم الشيق ما بين مجرمين مخادعين و مهربي مخدرات و رجال شرطة لا ينامون و هم يسعون لحل الجرائم التي تقض مضاجع المجتمع الآيسلندي ...
أرلندور هذا شخص عبقري بما تحمله رواياته لنا من شخوص و حبكة و نهايات مؤلمة . أدعو أن تتم عمليات الترجمة من الآيسلندية للعربية بسرعة لأحصل على المزيد من فنه
أرلندور هذا شخص عبقري بما تحمله رواياته لنا من شخوص و حبكة و نهايات مؤلمة . أدعو أن تتم عمليات الترجمة من الآيسلندية للعربية بسرعة لأحصل على المزيد من فنه
December 30, 2018
De lo mas flojo de Indridasson. Un entramado que no muestra mucha elaboración, ni sorpresa al final.
Lo mejor el protagonismo de uno de los fieles secundarios, y ni rastro de Erlendur. Además los pasajes desconocidos de Islandia.
Continuré leyendo la serie....
Lo mejor el protagonismo de uno de los fieles secundarios, y ni rastro de Erlendur. Además los pasajes desconocidos de Islandia.
Continuré leyendo la serie....
August 7, 2015
Excellent police procedural investigation into the death of a man accused of using ghb to rape women.
April 4, 2024
Een boek uit de serie over inspecteur Erlendur waar Erlendur zelf niet in voorkomt. Er wordt hooguit een paar keer aan hem gerefereerd. Centraal staat zijn collega, rechercheur Elínborg. En dat valt niet tegen. Ze speelde in de eerdere delen al een grote bijrol en promoveert voor dit deel tot de hoofdrol. Juist doordat haar karakter in de eerdere delen al is opgebouwd, krijgt het nu flinke diepte. Daarbij komt dat de verhaallijn ook van hoge kwaliteit is en dat er voor de zoektocht naar de moordenaar meerdere realistische sporen lopen en je als lezer soms op het verkeerde been staat over wie het heeft gedaan. Dit is beslist een van de betere delen uit de serie, ik heb hem met plezier gelezen.
September 10, 2023
2,5/5
L’écriture était splendide. Mais on se perdait facilement au court de l’histoire, c’était assez long pour rien.
L’écriture était splendide. Mais on se perdait facilement au court de l’histoire, c’était assez long pour rien.
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