Matt K reviewed The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (Joona Linna, #1)
A very dark and twisted path
3 stars
Content warning Some mild plot twists
So many dark set pieces strung along a tenuous thread of possibilities
If you suspend disbelief a bit this is a bunch of thrilling fun. The big ideas that Joona the detective navigates are all amazing but we move very quickly between each concept. A Pokemon themed gang of criminal children? Sure, but we aren’t stopping there. A sexy affair? Ooh - but now it’s also somehow an internal investigation by a university. A murderous incestuous unstoppable rage boy? Merely a side quest, my friend… Another affair? A kidnapping gang? Supercop Grandpa?
This book has enough big ideas for three times the pages.