I got this book as a advanced reader copy from work (even though the book is already out), and I thought it was a crime novel. I'm not the biggest fan of crime, but I was going to read it nevertheless. I would say this is more a drama or a thriller, which I was really happy about. I didn't know anything about this book when I got it, but when I found out it was about a school shooting I was hooked, that is something I think I should know and read more about. It is also set in Sweden and the book is originally written in Swedish. Then I found out it was about the trial after the school shooting and I became sort of excited. I don't know if I've ever said this before, but there are a few things I love in stories (if it is in movies, shows or books it doesn't matter) and one of them are trials. I love trials. They are so much fun. I love when one part argues for something and the other part argues against it, I think it is exciting and thrilling to watch/read. So a trial made this book so much better for me. Even though we are in present day in the court. The book is mainly about Maja, the main character, we have flashbacks all the way through. We learn about who she was before and after, and everything between, about humanity and how we have to strive to be better, and about the differences in society. It is a mystery in the sense that we go through the book knowing what the result was, but not exactly how it ended up that way, and this is something we get to know as we read on.

I was surprised to find myself enjoying this book a lot. It was slow the first 100 pages, but when I got into it I was hooked! Would recommend!

Aaaaaah! I love this world so much!!! And even though it was only a short story there was a little plottwist and I was genuinely surprised, which was fun! Also, the ending made me laugh out loud!

What can I say? It was 20 minutes of pure pleasure! I think there is going to be 4 short stories set in this world so I'm so looking forward to the last one! I hope they all come out in book format as well, so I can have it in my bookshelf. I also just want the author to write 5 billion more books (in this world or a new one) because please give me more?!

If someone asked me what this book was about I don't know if I could answer. Its a whimsical, weird, fantasy book. I got really confused by the writing sometimes. It didn't have a complex and breathtaking plot, but it was still a lot of fun! It was odd because sometimes I thought I had no idea what that was going on, but then I realised I actually did? Throughout the book I was going to give the book 3 stars, but when I got to the last page I got this really nice feeling and had to bump it up to 4. Think of it more as 3.75.

I can clearly see this wast and complicated world Pratchett has created, but I think I need a few more books to get fully into it. I'm still a bit confused, hehe. Its really original and I am beyond fascinated by it, so I'm just looking forward to learning more! Luckily for me I have about 40 more books in the series *dies a bit inside* I have made a huuuge commitment! I don't see myself finishing up this series this year or even the next, but I think this series will be something I will pick up over the years ...

I don't know if The Colour of Magic was the best place to start in this series, but it is listed as the first and I know there are a lot of series inside the series itself... Puh! *confused* But I still understood what that was going on even if I didn't completely understand this massive world that we were on. My favourite character was Luggage *heart eyes*

I don't think this is a book for everybody, I can easily see why someone would not like or really love this book! But for me it was fun, confusing and something I'm eager to learn more about.

I'm giving it 3 stars, but its more like 2.5.
My relationship with crime/mystery novels isn't the best. It is actually my least favorite genre. The reason for that is because I always feel the story goes like this: murder (or another crime) - police detective (with some troubles from the past or some serious issues) - solve murder (or another crime) - repeat in next book - and again - and again.
It makes the story bland and boring to me, unless there is some kind of special twist to it. Like for example iZombie, a tv shows, where they solve crimes but she is a zombie so it is sort of awesome. :')

I've heard nothing but praise about the Harry Hole-series, and they are such a popular series all over the world! Which makes me really proud since the author is Norwegian and so am I. Having a Norwegian work acknowledged like this, makes me really proud and happy because all 'big' literature usually comes from English speaking countries (or that is how it feels like).

I didn't hate this book, it was just not exciting or original. The main character Harry is from Oslo, but this story is set in Australia. I loved that part of the book! Being in Australia was the most exciting part of the story and I loved hearing the stories and legends from the Aborigines (I hope they are accurate though). That was the biggest plus in this book for me. It was also so much culture stuff and gay stuff I didn't know anything about, but I think the book is set in the 1990s so I'm not sure how accurate it is compared to present day. Not that it has to be like present day, but I cannot be know if it is like that now, and I should not assume so either (just because I read it in a book).

Harry wasn't a character I haven't seen before in crime, and the murder/mystery itself was meh. I've heard that this is not the best book in the series, and it is the author's debut novel, so I should give him some slack. I know the later books in the series are praised much higher than this one, so if this was sort of okay, then I really have something to look forward to I guess?! I know some have read this after reading the later ones and were disappointed, so I'm glad I'm reading them the other way around!

The next book is set in Thailand, I think. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT SO MUCH!!!
Haha, it was also a character in this book named Sandra and she had some fun with Harry :) I laughed.

3.5 stars!

This was a really enjoyable read. I was surprised to find out that even though the book is YA, it felt more like mature. Not that there is anything wrong with YA, but it just surprised me in the best way! I really liked the developed Kelsea had towards her role as queen and how the situation of her The Tearling was explained. The pace was slow, but I didn't have trouble with it. The writing was also really easy to get into.

So why didn't it get a higher rating? I felt I missed some answers. I'm aware that this is a trilogy, but it didn't completely feel like a complete book on its own. Not every book has to be a 'complete' book, that is fine. But I felt too much was left unanswered. It made the story unsatisfying. I'm pretty sure that I will get my answers in the next instalments, but it felt like too much was left in the dark. The world building was also lacking a bit, because it seemed like it was some sort of futuristic version of Europe, which was sort of confusing. I wish that could have been more explained. I also got tired of how Kelsea described herself as 'plain' all the time, in my opinion, being called plain does not give me any clues on how someone looks like. Everyone has unique features, you only have to look hard enough to find them. But not just that .. it just bothered me in a way I can't explain right now.

But even so, I really did enjoy the book and I'm looking forward to the next one. There are some characters in this book I'm really fascinated by, and I'm looking forward to learn more about them. The Fetch, Mace and Pen particularly. There was also basically no romance in it, but its hinting towards it. Let's just say: I'm curious.

So, not the best nor the worst. But definitely a book I would recommend!