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| Nemesis | 
 enlarge | Author: Jo Nesbo
Creator: Don Bartlett
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3156
Media: Paperback
Pages: 720
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 0099505932
EAN: 9780099505938
ASIN: 0099505932
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 very disappointing November 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Going by the blurb on the back and the newspaper reviews I was really looking forward to this book. I was very disappointed. I don't know if it was a poor translation or what but I really couldn't get into it. The story was all over the place and what I assume was humour fell really flat. Despite being translated parts were still in Norwegian and unreadable. This book did nothing for me and I wouldn't read another by this author.
 Gripping read October 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My first Jo Nesbo book and I've just ordered two more. Took me a while to get in to it because of the Norwegian references and detail but, to be fair, it did state this at the beginning of the book. Didn't want to put it down because of all the twists and changes in direction and would happily recommend this to any crime loving reader. Excellent way to spend a couple of hours.
A great read. October 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was eagerly awaiting the follow-up to Redbreast, which was a fantastic novel, and was not disappointed. Some less inspired writers would find material for at least 2 or 3 different books in that big one ! Nesbo manages very skilfully to merge these different strands into one riveting, tense narrative. I would not recommend it to people in search of light crime reading obviously but definitely to anyone enjoying a strong, solid and involving story to dip in. Contrary to other reviewers, I found the bleak, cold background of Oslo excellent and atmospheric. Again, if it's sun and sand you're after, this is the wrong book. But for a real feel of the North, perfect !
Thrill-tastic October 5, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm sorry, when I saw the other review from my namesake in Italy I just had to reply; "too scandinavian"? "I have never been to Oslo so i felt quite neutral"? er.... right. Sense? This makes none. I've never been to 17th Century Paris but I still enjoyed the Three Musketeers. Obviously no-one had told me that to enjoy a story I had to have some first hand knowledge of the place.
Anyway, Nemesis is a great read and one of those books that you'll pick up and then realise that four hours have gone past (probably best not to read it on a short train journey in that case). Harry Hole's character and Jo Nesbo's fiendishly clever plotting put this head and shoulders above your run-of-the-mill crime fiction and I've no hesitation in recommending it to others. Yes, even if you've never been to Oslo.
Definately Page Turning October 3, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Fantastic - just as good as The Redbreast - if not better in fact. I was reading this on holiday, and could not put it down more often than not. I did not find the references to Oslo off putting at all - there is a map at the front of the book should you need any help working out where things are... but you dont have time for that anyway - you want to keep reading.
Harry Hole - great character - as are the supprting roles - I dont want to say anything too specific relating to the story - I like coming to books totally fresh - but this is a good crime novel. There are several different things going on at once in this book, which I felt was delt with extremely well, not just one especially gripping bit - but a couple. Accelerated heart rate, the lot.
Read it. But you cant have my copy - I've already lent it to someone who will enjoy it just as much as me I imagine.
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