Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd.: The latest hilarious feel-good fiction from the internationally bestselling Jonas Jonasson and the most fun you’ll have in 2021

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I also enjoyed reading about the backstories of each of the characters – some of which stretch back generations!

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Overall it was decently entertaining but probably 100 pages longer than it needed to be and I felt like the ending was a bit of a cop out. When I heard we were getting a new Jonasson book, I was beyond excited and more than ready for another wild ride filled with his trademark witty humour, sharp social commentary and surreal situations. Beyond that “Star Wars” analogy, however, it’s not the Force, but the Kurt Vonnegut influence that is strong in this one. See on vana hea Jonasson: peadpööritav, tempokas, ülevaatlik ja kokkuvõtlik oma lihtsas sõnastuses, piisavalt vaimukas ja humoorikas.

Amidst the hilarious tone from the scenes that unravel you will end up thinking about what is it that drives people to make judgements about others different from you. The crazy plot is let down by it's author who decides to just jump from one subplot to other without investing in characters. Victor, the villain, his ex-wife Jenny and his son Kevin were prime examples of this: despite very detailed backstories, I still felt like there wasn't much to these characters. I thought the contrast the author made between Sweden and Kenya was very interesting, especially from his perspective.

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Kennt ihr auch diese Bücher, bei denen ihr es bereut, sie nicht spätestens nach der Hälfte abgebrochen zu haben. Wird er nicht, sondern fällt einem Massai-Medizinmann vor die Füße, der ihn fortan als Sohn annimmt. L’unica pecca che ho trovato all’interno del romanzo, è la presenza di troppi personaggi, e proprio per questo più volte, durante la lettura, mi sono sentita spaesata: Jenny, la povera moglie del protagonista; Kevin il figlio sbucato dal nulla improvvisamente; il padre Masai adottivo, e infine Hugo, il capo della società "Dolce è la vendetta SpA". There’s a lot to love about this novel: the characters are richly imagined and a joy to follow, such as Jenny, who prefers to spend her time with art first, people second (I can definitely relate). Most of the time I found myself feeling negatively flabbergasted with the characters' choices, which mainly served to reinforce poor caricatures rather than progress the story.His journey from Kenya to Sweden and his arrival there are the best parts of the book in my opinion. Hinzu kommt bei der Lektüre ein zunehmender Widerwille gegen die Schablonenhaftigkeit der Figuren und die klischeehaftige Darstellung der Massai. Things take a turn after the planned revenge when they inadvertantly make their target a potential billionaire. Denmark is depicted as a cold and dark place, full of bureaucracy and bureaucrats who try to play within the system but break it often. Und ein unmotivierter Polizei-Inspektor soll in den wenigen Tagen bis zu seiner Pensionierung das Wirrwarr auflösen, das in einem Totschlag durch Preiselbeerglas gipfelt.

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Once the author has introduced the main players in this book and their backstory, the pace picks up and it all comes together. The character sketches, including the most minor ones in the plot and how they relate to one another bring out in the best possible way how cultures clash but can also connect people. Victor is totally vile having no redeeming features whatsoever and his views, it goes without saying and beyond awful.

When I travel the world with my books, the international press makes constant connections between Larsson’s Sweden and mine. Lo que más destaco es la pluma del autor, me gustaba mucho su forma de narrar pues la mayor gracia de la historia estaba ahí. Farce and ridiculousness is all well and good when there is wit and a kind of cleverness to the chaos, but this book lacked either of these. After some craziness, including the looming threat of circumcision, the son flees Africa for Sweden, where he meets the ex-wife now living in the apartment he occupied. The entire first half of the book moved way too slowly as we got a detailed backstory for every character.

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Victor Alderheim is a ruthless man who marries for money, leaves his wife penniless after divorce and leaves his son to die in Kenyan forest. The quote is from Stevens’s extraordinary biography of his father, Peter Stevens, who at that moment is flying over the English Channel in a bomber, heading for Berlin. Furthermore,having very recently read the second book of the 100 years old man, the introduction of Maasai, Kenya etc didn't have the effect it would had if I haven't read said book. Ja siis on veel kunstikaupmehe naine, kellest saab õige ruttu endine abikaasa ja siis üsna varsti hoopis selle sama kunstikaupmehe poja naine.Me gustó la forma en que estaba estructurada la historia, el como partía contando la vida de distintas personas hasta el punto actual, luego pasaba a otra y a otra, una vez que tenía a los personajes los iba conectando poco a poco. However, the writing was pleasant and all the history of the characters, explained their current behaviour very well.