The White Lioness Audiobook

" This is my third Mankell in about 6 weeks. I'm just under the spell of Kurt Wallander. I'm probably gonna begin "Sidetracked" tonight. I'm like an addict. I have to skip one in the chronology because it's not available (I've put a hold on it at the library) but since they are not published in order in French it doesn't really matter but I like really in chronological order. One of my "bizarre" habit "

" This book was excellant. It was quite a long one but totally worth readng. It starts out with the killing of a woman and just goes haywire from there, all tied to the planned assassination of Nelson Mandela. Wow, what a story! I love how Mankell takes real world events and makes them into such a great work of fiction. Read this!! "

" Better than the first two. It's a little frustrating because Wallander's behavior is not normal (and would normally get him in trouble) and the key clues he needs are, well, serendipitous. But the story is good, the pacing is very good, and the story as a whole fits together well for a novel that splits its time between Sweden and South Africa. "

" It's another great book in the series by Mankell. There were a couple stumbles where the plot was propped up by flimsy events. But the whole was good so I quickly forgave these slight blips. "

" Pretty good--very sudden ending. "

" I didnt like this one at all, and only finished it because of wanting to see what happens to the characters. The stuff about Mandela and DeKlerk was interesting "

" Definitely not the best of the Wallander series. The multilayer plot is not very smooth and the "african" characters, especially Kleyn, are so stereotypical that at times it's very hard to suspend disbelief. "

" Totally enjoyed this book start to finish. Very nice political twists and quite thought provoking. Sweden to South Africa and back. This book explains to me why Kurt feels so lost in future cases and connects his personal and professional life very nicely. Very good read. "

" A little too spread out to be a great Wallender book but the writing is good and Wallender is fascinating as always so I can't really complain. If they gave 1/2 stars, I'd call this 3-1/2 "

" Not as good as the others in this series. Too much politics and not enough mystery. "

" Started off well, became a bully pulpit. "

" This one is the best (so far). South African race relations explored (during DeKlerck/Mandela right after apartheid supposedly ended) Daantje, as a Durbanite you would appreciate this one... "

" Sweden seems to be a country that attracts post-Cold War KGB-types. They use the area around Ystad (Wallander's home) to train South African assassins. Things go wrong for the assassins and Wallander stumbles into an international conspiracy. "

" An enjoyable but uneven thriller in which Wallander gets mixed up in a plot to assassinate the South African president. Not one of Mankell's best but still very readable. "

" This book got bogged down a bit in the middle by the political statement but picked up again when Wallander re-entered the scene. "

" Loved the first 60 pages or so....then this one became my least favorite Henning Mankill. The South African plot was interesting but I found so much of the storyline unbelievable that I was not extremely interested in it and finished it somewhat begrudgingly. "

" Lots of African history in this one. "

" Henning Mankell is my favorite thriller author by far. Compelling plots, but also well developed characters and themes "

" Oh my God, I am never going to finish listening to this book. I keep falling asleep and then forgetting where I was in the story. Ugh. "

" Wallander mystery set in Sweden and South Africa. Too many characters and too much of the author's political views on Apartheid but all-in-all enjoyable. "

" To say too much about this book would spoil other people's enjoyment of it. It's an excellent, well written thriller that magically binds yet another murder in Ystad with events taking place on the world stage "

" I've been reading through the series. I wasn't as enamoured of this one, but that's because I have little interest in South Africa. He continues to capture these small moments of humanity: a headache, a hangover, a flat tire. I've been busy falling in love with Kurt Wallander. "

" I got lost in this book and then life would get busy so I would put it down and then pick it up and get lost again...it was good but not great. The story line was intriguing but things got "lost in translation" at times. "

" For me this was much better than the other one I read by this author. "

" I was very disappointed with this Kurt Wallender book by Henning Mankell. Maybe he just took on too large a topic - apartheid in South Africa- but I found many of the characters' actions and assumptions to be implausible. So much of the story just did not "hang together." "

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

" Väga hariv buuride koha pealt ;)) "

" The third in the Wallander series shows a significant shift in narration, adding at least three other points of view, not including Wallander's. Watching the change in Mankell's style from the first to this book shows he's really trying to perfect his voice. "