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Nemesis Jo Nesbo #inbetweeny

I was a bit undecided as to whether to continue with this series. The first book in this Scandinavian series wasn't in Scandinavia, I accidently read the third before the second so went back to read the second, which also wasn't in Scandinavia.

Nemesis is the 4th in the series and the deal breaker for me in terms of continuing or not.

Firstly it was set in Norway, so off to a good start. The opening robbery and the way it was revealed was attention grabbing which was also a tick in the box. There are a lot of characters and like with the previous books I struggled to keep track of who was who. I've said before I do tend to struggle remembering foreign names however Weber and Hole aren't exactly difficult yet I still had to remind myself Weber good, Waaler not.

There were way too many twists and turns for my liking, Time and time again the book would feel like everything was winding down only for it to veer off down another route leaving the reader peddling like mad to catch up. I was so lost off by then end, both with the immediate story and the long running one, that I didn't care who the murderer(?) was just as long as we had reached the final ending.

Don't get me wrong it's not a terrible book and I do like the idea of a longer running thread linking the series together as opposed to just a stand alone book. But my mum inadvertently revealed something the other day which makes me think its going to be much of the same for a few more books yet. Given that and the fact we yet again have a lead male cop who is 'troubled' I find I lack the motivation to continue with the series.

If the next one had been the very popular The Snowman I may have continued but it's not so I'm not, although my mum does say the next one, The Devil's Star is very good. There are better examples out there of this genre and I just don't fancy reading more of the same.


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