Book Reviews

‘The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. And now, here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.’ Alan Bennett

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.” ― Franz Kafka

Tuesday 3 March 2015

First Chapter, First Paragraph Tuesday Intros -




Every Tuesday Bibliophile by the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where we share the first paragraph or (a few) of a book we are reading or thinking about reading soon.




I'm reading Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olsen.

These are the opening lines...

'Another shot echoed over the treetops.
The beaters' calls had grown clearer. A throbbing pulse was thundering against my eardrums, the damp air forcing its way into my lungs so fast and hard that it hurt.
Run, run, don't fall. I'll never get up again if I do.'

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What do you think, would you keep reading?


Synopsis

Kimmie's home is on the streets of Copenhagen. To live she must steal. She has learned to avoid the police and never to stay in one place for long. But now others are trying to find her. And they won't rest until she has stopped moving - for good. Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, the cold cases division, has received a file concerning the brutal murder of a brother and sister twenty years earlier. A group of boarding school students were the suspects at the time - until one of their number confessed and was convicted. So why is the file of a closed case on Carl's desk? Who put it there? Who believes the case is not solved? A police detective wants to talk to Kimmie and someone else is asking questions about her. They know she carries secrets certain powerful people want to stay buried deep. But Kimmie has one of her own. It's the biggest secret of them all. And she can't wait to share it with them... 

13 comments:

  1. The plot sounds interesting.

    I tend not to like book beginnings that seem confusing and this seems confusing.

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    1. I agree it's a bit cryptic/unclear to start with, and only later is it revealed how it fits in with the rest of the book. Thanks for commenting Brian.

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  2. This one does sound interesting and I've been seeing it around lately. The intro didn't really grab me, but I like the premise.

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    1. I finished it this morning and I was glad to see it through but I preferred the first book in the series. Thanks Sarah.

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  3. I really want to give this author a try. I like the intro quite a bit!

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    1. I would definitely recommend the first book, Mercy, do give it a try, good page turner!

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  4. Oh wow..that is intense and of course it makes me want to know more!

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    1. Thanks Kimba! My first finished read of March TBR!

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