The Hanging

DNF. Can’t finish it, monstrously badly written. Some reviewers wondered if the translation into English was bad, because strangely enough some English publishing firm has picked this up, but I can assure you, not even the most brilliant translator could rectify this mess. What puzzles me is why the......more

Groan.... how do I rate this book? The storyline itself was actually pretty good, but after that it's a bit hard to say anything too positive! All the main characters are quite boring, I didn't feel a connection to any of them, and the main character himself - police investigator Konrad Simonsen see......more

Ne diyebilirim ki? Bu çeviri sorununun çözülmesi lazım. İnsan çeviriyi beğenmeyince kitabı da beğenmiyor. Danimarka dili (danca galiba) zor bir dil belli ki. Çevirmen çok zorlanmış. Kopuk kopuk geçişler var. Çeviri bir kitapta çok önemlidir. Neyse deyip geçemiyorum. Konrad Simonsen serisine başlamış......more

The Hanging is one of those times where the idea is there but the execution was lacking. I wonder if this is perhaps more to do with a translator who didn't attempt nuances when converting it to English; the writing often felt stilted and drab. The same could be said for the characterization. As this......more

A young brother and sister reach school early and discover the mutilated bodies of five men hanging in the gym. Enter Konrad Simonsen and his team of detectives to try and solve this crime. It seems a more than usually difficult task since the identities of the victims are hard to determine consider......more