Kat

Das Hörbuch ist super, konnte mich aber nicht ganz so in den Bann ziehen, wie es selbst zu lesen. Es war allerdings deutlich schneller (da ich es neben anderen Dingen tun konnte, die ich eh tun musste), als das Buch nochmal zu lesen in Vorbereitung, endlich "Die Tore der Welt" zu lesen. 😅

Allerdings bin ich jetzt natürlich auch nicht ganz so in der Story drin... hm... naja, einen Tod muss man sterben. 😉

This had me completely captivated after the first third. I was thinking there was more behind it. Something rather paranormal (had been going in completely blind) but the reality of it all was way more devastating than anything paranormal could have been.

This had me completely captivated after the first third. I was thinking there was more behind it. Something rather paranormal (had been going in completely blind) but the reality of it all was way more devastating than anything paranormal could have been.

This has knitting and vampires in the title. How could I not be drawn to it??

I really enjoyed this. Wasn't expecting to as the other knitty murder mysteries were quite a let down. I mean the mystery here wasn't the strong part. I had a feeling quite soon on after meeting the person, but I really liked the atmosphere and the hilarity of knitting vampires.

Was listening to this while working, otherwise the rating could have been even higher I think...

Just had a fun time with this!

Felt definitely slower than the first book. All the bickering about the bones. Also the end felt a bit middle-book-like...

Still a fun and easy read but yeah, didn't feel as drawn to it as to the first one.

So much politics and diplomacy... Also didn't help that I had read the first two books 10 years ago! 🙈

So I gave in and finished it but I don't really know why tbh. Like I said we're following to many perspectives and I found myself not caring for any of them. So yeah all in all I'm just really disappointed by this. I really wanted to love this. It had so much rooting for it but for me it just didn't deliver. 😔

I really liked this book. I mean it’s no literary masterpiece, but it’s a fun, easy read. It was exactly what I wanted right now.

I thought I'd never finish this!! I kept falling asleep the second half of book. Not sure if this was because I wasn't able to knit while reading it because it was not as good as the first half. Anyway it felt dragged out and I didn't want to continue reading.

The story was right up my alley after all it included Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.

But all in all it didn't bring me joy...

As it has so many good reviews though, it might be a me-problem... 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really don't know what to think of this... I might just be too dumb for it... Or maybe it has something to do with me keeping to fall asleep when I first tried reading it (not the book's fault but my tiredness)

Anyway I really don't know how to rate it. Maybe I have to re-read it for that...

I don't really know how to feel about this book tbh. I like Charlotte Link's writing and it was engaging and suspenseful otherwise I wouldn't have gotten through the 640 pages in that time but the story could've taken half the pages hadn't we had two different books in one. Yeah it was somewhat a reflection of how the case showed itself but less could still have been successful. I don't like long books for the sake of being a long book. It's supposed to fit the story and the story itself wasn't that big if you ask me. I was pretty sure that Neil/Denis didn't have anything to do with the murders quite early on (didn't make any sense to me how he handled it but that doesn't make him the killer) also had the feeling that Jane was involved about 200-150 pages before the end. First didn't want it to be true but then I was quite sure and also had a feeling about the how but it took ages from then on till the story was told. Felt that could've been a much faster read.

But nonetheless I liked reading the book and I still like Charlotte Link's stories but yeah why not speed it up..? 😅

Schon wieder so eine Polizistin, die denkt, sie kann machen, was sie will, weil sie ja auch alles besser weiß... War das damals wirklich so? Falls ja, wundert mich nicht, warum Frauen so ungern bei der Polizei gesehen waren. 🙈

Ich mein, wenn ich ständig einfach von meinem Arbeitsplatz wegrenne und mich danach wunder, dass die Vorgesetzten das nicht toll finden...

Aber Ida war etwas weniger nervig als andere, von denen ich in letzter Zeit gelesen habe. 😁

Das Hörbuch ist super, konnte mich aber nicht ganz so in den Bann ziehen, wie es selbst zu lesen. Es war allerdings deutlich schneller (da ich es neben anderen Dingen tun konnte, die ich eh tun musste), als das Buch nochmal zu lesen in Vorbereitung, endlich "Die Tore der Welt" zu lesen. 😅

Allerdings bin ich jetzt natürlich auch nicht ganz so in der Story drin... hm... naja, einen Tod muss man sterben. 😉