The Jealousy Man: From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Harry Hole series

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On the pages of the book, ingenious minds meet with vengeful hearts, insatiable greed and unscraped love to create a delicate mosaic that will delight all fans of dark and captivating stories. The intense crime stories of the master of suspense take darkness to its core united by the theme of jealousy: the feelings of the ancient, strong, painful, not subject to will, changing human nature. In the weeks that follow, each of the guests come under suspicion: the school friend, the studio producer, the actress, the actor, the new partner, the manager, the cinematographer, and even Elspeth herself.

Sama priča malo naginje na nekakav futuristički SF, što je zanimljivo, iako nisam baš kliknula s dvoje glavnih likova.

Both those who perpetrate the crimes and those who try to stop them are eager for redemption, although it is never good enough when they get it. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Yes, some of the real short stories here are fine: the opening story, “London”, manages to create two characters, an interesting concept and a twist in few pages, and “The Line” is chilling and effective in a very tight form, and the others are good, certainly readable and enjoyable, if dark.

I have been a longtime Stephen King fan precisely because when his characters wrestle with good and evil, we know that that King believes in their basic humanity. So, when life is too crazypants to devote (or even have) the time and concentration a novel requires, a collection of short stories is nice to have on hand; select one, then dive into it on your lunch hour, Uber ride, or when you crawl into bed but aren’t quiiiite sleepy enough to turn your brain off. Así es como nos cuentan historias de asesinatos relacionados con estos temas, el cómo ambos pueden corromper incluso a aquellos que menos lo pensaríamos. There’s plenty of philosophical musings that can be a turnoff for some readers but for the most part, I did enjoy it.

Mislim da bi se upravo ova priča najviše mogla svidjeti svima onima koji su u ovoj zbirci očekivali nešto nalik na uobičajenog Nesbøa. It was partly because some of them are very wordy, but mostly it was because I was just not very interested in the topics. He manages to give us two different point of view characters, very different (this is tough to do in a short story) but both survivors, and the story turns on questions of relationships, of revenge, of what the rule of law means when all the institutions that enforce the laws are falling apart. In a unique collection of short stories, Jo Nesbø proves that he is a true master of mysterious stories full of suspense and unforeseen twists. In addition to reading, I also enjoy yoga and walking - I am a big audio fan and love listening to audio books while out walking!