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reviewed The bat by Jo Nesbø (Harry Hole series -- bk. 1)

Jo Nesbø: The bat (2012, Random House Canada) 3 stars

Before Harry took on the neo-Nazi gangs of Oslo, before he met Rakel, before The …

Flawed Translation

2 stars

I’d love to say the main reason I didn’t like this book was the translation, which was absolutely horrendous, but the story itself was extremely dated in ways that were quite uncomfortable to read through.

Primarily though the translation was what kept me out of sync. There were moments where it genuinely felt like I was reading through a thesaurus. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it did not fit the tone or voice of the story at all.