- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Harvill Secker (20 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843432161
- ISBN-13: 978-1843432166
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 14.8 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 820,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Next Big Thing... Absolutely gripping Daily Telegraph Compelling...Shocking and surprising...expertly paced...I place Nesbo high up in the Scandinavian mystery league The Times A well-crafted rollercoaster of a book...Nesbo sets a cracking pace...A series of spectacular plot twists lead to a thrilling finale. Highly recommended Guardian Terrific...A stunning twist turns this into a first-rate thriller Sunday Telegraph
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"An astonishingly confident debut. The Devil’s Star scores with an intriguing plot and Nesbo’s mastery of pace and tension."
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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Last book in"The Oslo Trilogy",
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Although I absolutely loved The Devil's Star" I was devasted to realize that I had read the last one first in the trilogy. You must read "The Redbreast" first and then "Nemesis" as "The Devil's Star" follows on from them. It is a great shame that this isn't made clear in these editions. On the inside cover of The Devil's Star it says"the first of Nesbo's novels to be translated into English" so I took a guess and read it first. So be warned! I became suspicious when I started on "The Redbreast" and certain characters were alive who shouldn't have been! I checked out Jo Nesbo's official website and discovered that there are two more Harry Hole novels preceding these three, "The Batman" and "The Cockroaches". Do hope that they are translated soon as it is such a shame not to be able to read them in the correct running order. If you enjoyed Stieg Larsson you will love these books.
105 of 107 people found the following review helpful:
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Want a good read?,
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Want a good read? This is a very good one. But be warned, Redbreast, although a little disjointed, and therefore harder to read, is a better place to start the Harry Hole series from. If you dont start from there some things might not make sense. In fact you will miss out on what is actually a continuation of the plot from the first book in some ways.Of course Nemesis comes in between just to confuse us all! But what ever you decide to do, this book is well written, as Nesbo really gets into his stride. The plot is full of twists and turns that you just dont expect so that makes it all the more enthralling! It is the kind of page turner that is really good for long air journeys or for sitting up late reading with page turning excitement! Characterisations? Oh yes! Very well constructed and keenly observed! Above all enjoy this Norwegian treasure!
58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
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Jo Nesbo - The Devil's Star,
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Excellent book. Another excellent Scandinavian book. More colourful than a lot of these dour Scandinavian things, too: engaging, likeable Harry Hole is a step above Rebus, a step above Rebus. In the alcoholic stakes, he's probably only trumped by Robicheaux and then only just. He's a mess of a man who only survives in his job thanks to a boss who recognises his talent for what it is, and makes a pleasing change to all the antagonistic authority figures you normally see in novels like this. Oslo makes for a good and unusual setting to the story, and Nesbo renders it atmospheriocally. The plot is clever, absolutely gripping, very well structured, and Nesbo handles everything very well indeed. Part of what makes this novel great is that this is never really the book, plotwise, that you think it is. It begins with a disappearance, morphs into an interesting serial killer novel, and over 100 pages from the end, when Hole aprehends the killer, it morphs into something quite different. Just when you think the book is winding down and surely can't have far to go, it kicks right off into a tense thriller. There's enough plot here for two good books, but Nesbo condenses it excellently into one. Yet again I look forward to reading even more from this new foreign writer.
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