Sven Elvestad (1885–1934)
Autore di The Iron Chariot
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Elvestad, Sven
- Nome legale
- Elvestad, Kristoffer (birthname)
- Altri nomi
- Riverton, Stein
Biller, Kristian F. - Data di nascita
- 1885-09-06
- Data di morte
- 1934-12-19
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Norway
- Luogo di nascita
- Halden, Norwegen
- Luogo di morte
- Skien, Norwegen
- Attività lavorative
- Journalist
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 82
- Opere correlate
- 6
- Utenti
- 251
- Popolarità
- #91,086
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 16
- ISBN
- 51
- Lingue
- 8
Through Three Rooms is a quick and easy read, yet I feel a bit conflicted about how to assess it. The introduction, while lengthy (especially in comparison to the book itself), provides solid historical context for the book. It only becomes clear later why that’s important. Protagonist detective Asbørn Krag and the structure of his mystery story bear uncanny similarities to those of Miss Marple and Sherlock Holmes—but Krag came first by decades, so it’s not at all derivative. This in itself I found intriguing.
The setup of the story was equally intriguing—a troubled old man in a living situation that seems downright chilling. Then a crime occurs that must be solved, new characters emerge, and our hero detective knows immediately what happened and why.
This is where the story lost me, and I don’t know if something was lost in translation or if it was written vaguely on purpose. Krag solves the crime based on such a random assumption of a back story that I found myself going back in the book to see if I had missed something when I had been struggling to stay awake during parts of it. But no, it came out of nowhere. And the reason for the strange setup of the aforementioned old man’s living quarters is a massive letdown. (I’m being vague so as to avoid spoilers.)
The book feels like an unfulfilled promise. It’s not poorly written but the story builds up just to flop at the end. Kind of frustrating.… (altro)