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A Never Let Me Go For the Senior Set

December 23, 2014 by Mrs Smith Reads Leave a Comment

I’ve never been a fan of dystopian YA fiction and I guess the opposite of that would be SA or senior adult fiction with a dystopian twist, which is what The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist would be. The premise of the story caught me a little off guard, but as a Never Let Me Go, senior citizen edition, I was pretty impressed. When Dorrit Weger moves into the Second Reserve Bank Unit as a permanent resident, she has few expectations beyond having a secure place […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: dystopia, Fiction, Mrs Smith Reads, Ninni Holmqvist, scandinavian, The Unit

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR6 Review No:17 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: dystopia, Fiction, Mrs Smith Reads, Ninni Holmqvist, scandinavian, The Unit ·
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A Conspiracy of Faith

January 23, 2014 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This has definitely been one of my more entertaining reads so far this year. The third novel in the series, this novel once again features Carl Morck and Department Q of Copenhagen’s police force. Just like in his last two novels, Adler-Olsen flashes back and forth between the cold case squad and either the victims or perpetrators of a current crime that relates to the investigation. One reason I think I like these as much as I do is that unlike many other crime novels, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: jussi adler-olsen, scandinavian

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: jussi adler-olsen, scandinavian ·
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