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I love Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole novels and was looking forward to this stand alone book. It isn't really a novel but more of a novella or short story. Once again, Nesbo creates an interesting, damaged , but likable male character. This time, however, very other character is barely given any depth. Of course, they are mostly evil and shallow, so that may be why. Olav, however, is richly drawn.

The best part is the question the author plants in our mind, whatever story we think we are living, is it the real one, or is it our version of the truth? I loved this idea and the way Nesbo writes it is masterful.


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Blood on Snow A Novel Jo Nesbo Neil Smith Books Reviews

I do not understand why this book was given such horrible reviews. Nesbo's writing is just as eloquent, dark and absorbing as it's ever been. It is an extremely fast read, but for me that was in part due to the fact that I couldn't put it down. I loved how conflicting and hypocritical the hero seemed to be, as far as how he sees himself and who he actually is. For Olav, somewhere there is split between reality and the narrative he would like to give his story. Nesbo has an incredible knack for giving people the melodrama they crave. Characters who struggle and grow and change and fail over and over again. Sometimes they give up but something brings them back. That's why Nesbo is great! Who wants to see the same type of characters, coming into the world with a full blown set of skills, who have no need or room for growth and struggle? Sometimes we want tragedy. And sometimes tragic characters lose themselves in their own fictions. This book is great in how Nesbo leaves the reader to make his or her own judgements about Olav. Olav is a great character because he is not perfect. Because he's not the kind, sensitive guy he believes himself to be, because he fails at being the hero he wants to be. This work of fiction is great because it is not typical. I loved this novel completely, from the first page to the last!
Winner of countless prizes, Norwegian author Jo Nesbo has written ten novels in the Harry Hole series, and three stand-alone novels, Headhunters, The Son, and now Blood on Snow, a novel quite different in length, focus, and tone from all that have gone before. Readers of the Harry Hole novels have come to expect complex, multi-layered plots punctuated by action scenes of almost unimaginable violence. This short novel about a hired killer introduces a newer style, however – leaner, cleaner, and more introspective, with wonderful ironic humor.

Though the novel certainly has its excitements, much of the novel capitalizes on the ironies which exist between the thinking of Olav Johansen, the young, dyslexic main character, and his actions as a “fixer.” It is through Olav’s running commentary that the reader understands the narrative, and one cannot miss the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the author who is controlling this character. The opening sentences are classic With a lyricism uncommon to Nesbo, we learn that “the snow was dancing like cotton wool in the light of the street lamps. Aimlessly, unable to decide whether it wanted to fall up or down, just letting itself be driven…” As the romantic language continues, the speaker suddenly shifts gears to a hard realism - revealing a body on the scene - and creating an irony so unexpected that it left me awestruck - and smiling.

Nesbo takes full advantage of the smaller scope of this novel, and while he does not develop complete characters in the two hundred, wide-margined pages of this book, his focus on the characters’ inner worlds is far greater than one finds in his longer, action-based, multi-layered thrillers. Olav’s role working for Daniel Hoffman is limited by all the things that Olav cannot do, but he is a good “fixer,” and despite the murders Olav commits, they are almost always of people who do evil things. Olav believes he has a good heart, and the reader does, too. When Olav receives his biggest assignment from Hoffmann – to murder Hoffmann’s wife Corina, he takes the job seriously, then finds himself falling in love with her and committing a murder he does on his own initiative, leaving him fearful for his life.

As the complexities increase, Olav also becomes more complex, and he soon tells about his family background and his childhood reading experiences, however difficult reading has been for him. The twists and reversals which occur at the conclusion, while a “convenient” way to end the novel, bring to mind some of the great, ironic stories of H.H. Monroe, writing as Saki. I have always enjoyed Jo Nesbo's novels, and have also admired his ability to go in his own direction, wherever his stories take him. Here the prolific Nesbo explores new directions, suggesting the possibility of a more ironically humorous and more literary approach for some future novels.
I love Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole novels and was looking forward to this stand alone book. It isn't really a novel but more of a novella or short story. Once again, Nesbo creates an interesting, damaged , but likable male character. This time, however, very other character is barely given any depth. Of course, they are mostly evil and shallow, so that may be why. Olav, however, is richly drawn.

The best part is the question the author plants in our mind, whatever story we think we are living, is it the real one, or is it our version of the truth? I loved this idea and the way Nesbo writes it is masterful.