Der Fledermausmann

Der Fledermausmann

1997 • 384 pages

Ratings97

Average rating3.3

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This is one of those books that everyone seems to love (if you read the ad copy) but I didn't get it. I liked Nesbo's prose. I liked the characters. I just wasn't on board with the plot. It felt meandering and uneccessarily cryptic. I did love the infusion of Austrailian folk lore; that was awesome. Overall, he was unclear about details I felt should be explicitly described. Instead, Nesbo used euphemism and symbolic language to reveal important details. It made me feel daft and I hated that.

September 9, 2018