The Bat

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Call Number: Mystery, Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Nesbo, Jo
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Nesbo, Jo	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Nesbo, Jo	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Mystery / General / Nesbo, Jo	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Translation of : Flaggermusmannen.
Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings.

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. submitted by SoapyCupcaketoeNaIL on June 18, 2021, 9:57pm nice!

Disappointing, will not finish submitted by alotofaxolotl on March 11, 2023, 11:20am I read quite a few mystery/thrillers translated from Finnish, Icelandic and placed in Scandinavia. Sometimes the writing is a bit stilted and that may be the translation. However, this specific book is annoying me as a (female) reader. The female characters are shallowly depicted. It's a very male protagonist view. There is also some fixation on skin color of Indigenous people in Australia (the book setting) that feels uncomfortable to read. There is one drag queen character introduced so far whose depiction is very stereotypical. I'm not finding this enjoyable enough to finish. I won't be reading more of his books.

Meh submitted by curiousliz on June 9, 2023, 7:49pm Moderately entertaining as a thriller but the story meanders (often for no discernible reason) and the gender and racial stereotypes are jarring.