Comments on: Nemesis, by Jo Nesbo http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2008/04/08/simo/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:26:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jules http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2008/04/08/simo/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Jules Thu, 01 May 2008 08:13:31 +0000 http://bookgeeks.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1226 I have to agree with the above comments regarding these books being published over here out of sequence. If I hadn't found out about this on sites like this one I'd have had a very frustrating reading experience. Now I know better, I can make sure I read them in the order that was intended. Jules I have to agree with the above comments regarding these books being published over here out of sequence. If I hadn’t found out about this on sites like this one I’d have had a very frustrating reading experience. Now I know better, I can make sure I read them in the order that was intended.

Jules

]]> By: Nick E http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2008/04/08/simo/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Nick E Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:08:29 +0000 http://bookgeeks.wordpress.com/?p=77#comment-1227 This out-of-synch English publishing of key Eurocrime titles is bang out of order and - unless there are rights issues or similar that aren't apparent to the naked eye that force the issue - someone somewhere ought to do something about it! For me, the primary appeal of this type of fiction is the way that the main detective's character - and hence the way that they approach solving the crime - evolves over the course of a series of books. Inspectors Wallender (in the mighty Henning Mankell's books) and Erlendur (in Arnaldur Indriðason's books) are very different people in the later books to when they first appear in print. Similarly, the way that Ian Rankin ages Rebus in real time and develops his relationship with his colleague Siobhan Clarke and his nemesis Big Ger Cafferty means that reading these books in anything other than chronolgical order is a most unsatisfactory experience. So I would echo Simon P's comments - read the terrific Nesbo books in the order that they were written. Harry Hole (presumably the name sounds less gimmicky to Norwegian readers) could end up as a truly great character - but please publishers, let's see him and other characters from crime series evolve in the way that their creator envisaged. This out-of-synch English publishing of key Eurocrime titles is bang out of order and – unless there are rights issues or similar that aren’t apparent to the naked eye that force the issue – someone somewhere ought to do something about it!

For me, the primary appeal of this type of fiction is the way that the main detective’s character – and hence the way that they approach solving the crime – evolves over the course of a series of books. Inspectors Wallender (in the mighty Henning Mankell’s books) and Erlendur (in Arnaldur Indriðason’s books) are very different people in the later books to when they first appear in print. Similarly, the way that Ian Rankin ages Rebus in real time and develops his relationship with his colleague Siobhan Clarke and his nemesis Big Ger Cafferty means that reading these books in anything other than chronolgical order is a most unsatisfactory experience.

So I would echo Simon P’s comments – read the terrific Nesbo books in the order that they were written. Harry Hole (presumably the name sounds less gimmicky to Norwegian readers) could end up as a truly great character – but please publishers, let’s see him and other characters from crime series evolve in the way that their creator envisaged.

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