
Blood on Snow
A Novel
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Patti Smith
From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels—a fast, tight, darkly lyrical stand-alone novel that has at its center the perfectly sympathetic antihero: an Oslo contract killer who draws us into an unexpected meditation on death and love.
This is the story of Olav: an extremely talented “fixer” for one of Oslo’s most powerful crime bosses. But Olav is also an unusually complicated fixer. He has a capacity for love that is as far-reaching as is his gift for murder. He is our straightforward, calm-in-the-face-of-crisis narrator with a storyteller’s hypnotic knack for fantasy. He has an “innate talent for subordination” but running through his veins is a “virus” born of the power over life and death. And while his latest job puts him at the pinnacle of his trade, it may be mutating into his greatest mistake....
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Critic reviews
“[A] tangled tale with a fateful twist.” —The Boston Globe
“Nesbø’s much-heralded gifts are on display—using his talent for conjuring the chilly Munch-like atmospherics of Oslo in the winter and his eye for grisly, alarming details that slam home the horror of the evil that men do.” —The New York Times Book Review
“[An] incendiary cocktail of murder, revenge and a hitman with ... problems.” —The Independent (London)
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Wanted to love Patti Smith
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Patti Smith transforms a good novella into a great listening experience
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This story is both brutal and gentle in its own well thought way. Nesbø is a wonderful writer in my opinion and the only thing disappointing about this book is its shortness.
Although the books artwork makes you think Harry Høle, don't get your hopes up.
I love everything Nesbø
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Smith's understatement brings out the macabre
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The character is a working class philosopher, a detached observer, seeing the life around him, but not really part of it. He is always watching, always thinking, always categorizing and planning. The narrator fills this role perfectly by reading in a tone and pace that one might hear at a poetry reading, but with just enough of the words pronounced with a working class diction to convey that the character is self-taught (e.g. - "windah" in lieu of "window"). I thought the story itself was good and the reader's voice made it come alive.
Also...the story is less than four hours long, for crying out loud...how annoyed could someone be that they couldn't get through 3 plus hours?! I think the person chosen was perfect for this story and I hope the nasty reviews don't discourage her from recording more books!
Great short story...narrator fits the character
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Great story and wonderfully narrated.
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Very disappointing.
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I really liked this book and can't understand how this reader was selected.
Great book, horrendous performance.
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Terrific
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I love Jo Nesbo and I enjoyed this story. However I'm glad it was short, unlike his previous novels. Not sure I would have made it through it I had to listen to the narrator any longer.Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
If the story was not good, I would not have been able to stick with it. However I would not say it kept me on the edge of my seat.Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Patti Smith?
ANYONE! I tried changing the narration speed on the app, but it didn't help. Her pronunciation is atrocious. You would think she would be able to pronounce heroin correctly, but it comes out her-win. Who thought this was a good idea?Any additional comments?
Thank goodness the second book in the series has a different narrator.Wish I could give Performance NO stars.
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