{"id":4216,"date":"2013-12-03T20:09:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2024-03-21T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:01:18","slug":"dont-look-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4216","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Look Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t Look Back<\/a><\/em> (1996\/2002) Karin Fossum<\/a> translated by Felicity David<\/p>\n

\"Dont-Look-Back\"<\/a>I started this book, then put it down, and then picked it back up multiple times. <\/p>\n

The book opens with a young girl being picked up by a strange man driving a van, and the idea that this young girl might die was just more than I wanted to deal with. <\/p>\n

Then I read the book description, and it talked about the body of a teenager being discovered.<\/p>\n

A teenager? <\/p>\n

So with that in mind, I read through the first chapter and was relieved to discover that nothing bad at all happens to the young girl.<\/p>\n

Eventually, we meet Inspector Sejer of the Norwegian police, who is initially called out in the search for the child, and then called back after the body of the teenager is discovered.<\/p>\n

I’ve discovered that I really really like mysteries set in other countries–especially those written by non-English speakers. I like the glimpses into places and people that are foreign to me. <\/p>\n

“A few times, when she ran past, i stopped her and shook my finger. I told her: You’re running way from your own soul. That made her laugh. I told her: I will teach you to meditate instead. Running along the streets is a clumsy way to find peace. That made her laugh even more. and then she’d set off around the corner.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, despite all the murders and stuff, these mysteries make me want to visit these places. <\/p>\n

If only I didn’t need air travel to get there.<\/p>\n

As far as the mystery, once I discovered that the child was NOT killed, I quite enjoyed the story, and I really liked Inspector Sejer.<\/p>\n

Sejer’s first impulse was to rush forward and left him up, roaring out his great joy in a jubilant voice. That’s the way all children ought to be greeted, with genuine, exuberant joy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s is just a marvelous passage.<\/p>\n

So I quite enjoyed this book and am very glad that I stocked up on these when they went on sale for the kindle.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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