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The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- De: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrado por: Erik Davies
- Duración: 15 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,686
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5,075
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,048
Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl - who didn’t draw his weapon - blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl’s got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: A liberal politician vanished five years earlier and is presumed dead. But she isn’t dead...yet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dark, Cold, and Danish
- De Ted en 11-28-12
- The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- De: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrado por: Erik Davies
So awful I had to stop listening!
Revisado: 05-25-14
Is there anything you would change about this book?
I'm sure this book may be a very fine example of the genre but I just couldn't stand the vivid descriptions of extreme cruelty, even though fictitious. This is the second book I've had to stop because I couldn't stand the violence. The other was a Jo Nesbo. What is it with this Scandinavian appetite for grisly brutality? Makes Val McDermid's dark Scottish serial killers seem tame. Too bad because these seem like great reads. I just don't know that increasing my ability to tolerate descriptions of torture is a goal I want to pursue.
Would you ever listen to anything by Jussi Adler-Olsen again?
Unfortunately, no.
What does Erik Davies bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Probably the audio book affects me more than one just read. Sign of good reading, I'm sure, but not for me with this kind of book.
Any additional comments?
I wonder if others find themselves more disturbed by audio versions of brutality than just reading it in text form. Anybody have this experience?
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Savage Rage
- Rage Series, Book 2
- De: Brent Pilkey
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General3 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 2
Transferred to 53 Division - known as the "Sleepy Hollow of Toronto" - after the murder of his partner, officer Jack Warren yearns to return to 51 Division, where his former colleagues are busy pursuing a criminal mastermind. Randall Kayne has been committing violent, bloody crimes that are hitting close to home in 51 Division, yet hemanages to stay just one step ahead of the police. Although Jack’s wife wants him to leave the force entirely, an old enemy soon drags him into the Kayne case against his will, forcing a confrontation with Kayne that only one of them can survive.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't bother
- De Katherine en 12-09-12
- Savage Rage
- Rage Series, Book 2
- De: Brent Pilkey
- Narrado por: Ray Chase
Don't bother
Revisado: 12-09-12
What disappointed you about Savage Rage?
I was looking forward to a book set in Toronto but it was boring and made little use of the distinctive character of the city.
What was most disappointing about Brent Pilkey’s story?
I bought it because it was recommended on "The Next Chapter." The story never really started. The narrative just wandered along in the self-absorbed frustrations of an unlikeable character. The vulgar language added nothing and seemed a lame attempt at macho. It was just boring and I was disappointed to have spent one of my treasured Audible credits for such a banal book.
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