Italian Shoes Audiobook

" Great storyline and great narration! Well done 4/5 would recommend "

" Very different type of Mankell. I loved the heavy atmospheric sense he created of that part of Sweden and for that he deserves a 3.5. "

" Finished. Thanks God. Only Mankell's Depths are more depressing. The 'home-made' cremation was simply the top. I will better wait for Wallander series. "

" Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks to all who recommended it to me. I love the world of it, the kind of soft magical realism to it. The people are wonderful, familiar, true. "

" Drifting through an unedited Bergman drama, the dark and brooding tone wears out and the darkness becomes attitude instead of meaning. "

" I just couldn't finish it. I really tried because I hat not finishing books, but then I though life is short and I should be spending my time on books I enjoy. For the things the characters did just didn't make much sense. Why does a man who has placed himself on a secluded island jump up and go when a woman from fourty years ago appears? He had left her after all.There were many other smaller instances when I just couldn't believe that it was what a person would do, but I won't get into all that since they are spoilers and I just don't care to spend anymore time thinking about this book. "

" this is a wonderful life affirming story by an author whose crime fiction I really like. a short heartwarming story of love and redemption. I would have liked to meet the characters in the story "

" Henning Mankell has become one of my favorite authors, surprising because I had never picked up a book that was billed as "mystery." since reading (and loving) Nancy Drew. This, a novel by Mankell, is extraordinary. The setting is cold and icy; chilling; gripping, but beautifully written. "

" Great characters, reflections on death. I read the French translation. Made me want to read one of his detective novels. Memorable and original, but melancholy. "

" On my Nook...can't wait as I love Henning Mankell "

" OK, but a little cold and depressing. "

" My first real disappointment from this writer. (Oh, those gloomy Swedes!) "

" Hard to take in places, but I liked that it was different and unexpected. "

" This writer of mysteries has written a novel about a lonely guy trying to understand who he is and how to change that. His characters in mysteries and in this novel are always dysthymic, but the story is touching and I had no trouble reading it quickly. "

" excellent story and told in that dark style that is so reflected by this author. "

" The character is a tad bit intense. He suffers because he made a surgical mistake so he exiles himself. "

" Nice little novel but not as good as Mankell's criminal stories. "

" good story - fun, sad, interesting people and relationships "

" Said to be a really good book, I found it disappointing. Another broken-down man isolated on a frozen island whose character is more flawed then I like. I want to like at least one character in a book - in this one, I didn't like an. "

" Not sure what everyone loves about this author. The plot moved as slowly as the ice receded along his remote northern island! "

" Awesome...a must read...a great story of what is important and how we come to realize it. "

" Said to be a really good book, I found it disappointing. Another broken-down man isolated on a frozen island whose character is more flawed then I like. I want to like at least one character in a book - in this one, I didn't like an. "

" Good read, just good to read "

" Beautiful, slow novel about a guy who's both petty and sympathetic, hard and helpless. Human, in short. "

" This is not a typical Mankell mystery. It's a story of a man who lives in isolation almost all of his life who must face the mistakes of the past and finds redemption at long last. "

" Hmmm, a bit odd, but I was curious to finish it. I'm fascinated by these bleak Swedish winterscapes and idiosyncratic characters, these stubborn, depressive men, these tough women a la Lisbeth Salander - definitely a people of survivors. Not great writing, but interesting enough. "

" This writer of mysteries has written a novel about a lonely guy trying to understand who he is and how to change that. His characters in mysteries and in this novel are always dysthymic, but the story is touching and I had no trouble reading it quickly. "

" *Not* Kurt Wallander, but very well written. "

" CD reader was excellent. I'm a fan of ths author. "

" His books are too depressive for me - but my father for example loves them... "

" I really really like this author. THis is a novel and not a mystery but it is a good story with many layers. I highly recommend it. "

" Leesbaar maar absoluut niet wat ik verwacht had. "