Reading dates: 11 – 22 December 2013
Books like The Bat
are the reason why in 2013 I made a reading list of 17 books. Of those, I managed to read, so far, fourteen, with Libra
, No Name
and Ada
bleeding over into 2014. Yes, 17 was too many for a whimsical reader and I have learned from this. My next reading list only has 6 titles and if I read all of those, my year will be a great reading year. As 2013 has been if it weren’t for The Bat. Disappointing, predictable, uninteresting. I cannot believe this was the first in the Harry Hole series, the one that won the awards. It seems an after thought, a bad prequel, writing by numbers. It has nothing to redeem it and is very far away from The Snowman
, or even The Devil’s Star
. Don’t read it, even if you love crime fiction. Stick to your list.
