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Karo Hämäläinen

Autor de Cruel Is the Night

32+ Obras 158 Miembros 6 Reseñas

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Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1976-06-11
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Finland
Lugar de nacimiento
Mikkeli, Finland
Lugares de residencia
Tampere, Finland
Ocupaciones
toimittaja

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This book took me a bit longer than it should have. It was interesting, I had too many distractions including a couple of non-reading days. Great plot line. This would make a great movie.
 
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Sunandsand | 4 reseñas más. | Apr 30, 2022 |
Prize winning? Really? It’s a messy mix of good and bad. Some of the overplayed political dialogue is erudite and entertaining. Ultimately, I got tired of the way it slowed down the plot. But then there’s not much of a plot. It’s predictably straightforward. I could not summon enough charity to like any of the characters, and their behaviour and motivations suggested lunacy. Worst of all, it ends in the air—the author out of ideas to ground a resolution.
 
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PhilipJHunt | 4 reseñas más. | Oct 1, 2020 |
From a fantastic prologue featuring unanswered ringing phones, Cruel Is the Night quickly became a chore for me to read-- despite an added incentive of trying to recognize the Agatha Christie references. The reason why reading this book was such a chore may make some of you sit up and take more notice: it had a cast of characters straight out of Gone Girl. I only lasted twenty-five pages into Gillian Flynn's novel because I wasn't going to waste any more of my life on such repulsive main characters. The cast of Hämäläinen's novel is almost-- but not quite-- as bad as Flynn's, which must be the reason why I was able to finish reading the book.

In addition to the cast, the pace was glacially slow, inviting readers to decide which character was the sole survivor through acres of backstory, but I really didn't care who walked out of there alive. Cruel Is the Night was just not my cup of tea. Your mileage may vary-- and I hope it does.
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cathyskye | 4 reseñas más. | Apr 10, 2017 |

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Obras
32
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1
Miembros
158
Popularidad
#133,026
Valoración
3.1
Reseñas
6
ISBNs
44
Idiomas
3

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