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A review by raymond_murphy
The Exception by Christian Jungersen
4.0
Copenhagen, here I come! Crispbread, soft cheese, fruit, and yogurt for lunch with your co-workers on a snowy Danish day fighting genocide across the world? What a lovely picture, eh? Well throw in some split personalities, damaged egos, professional climbing, a Serb or two, and you got trouble!
This book was billed as a psychological thriller, but I am not sure that is a great fit description-wise. It was more about situational ethics, groupthink, and the varying perspectives multiple people can have on one series of events. And bullying, lots and lots of bullying.
This was an enjoyable page-turner with a somewhat fresh take on alternating point of view that was pretty well done. It got a bit clunky at times as the author took a few too many detours with educational bits on genocide.
The description of the three female characters began to contain some sexist or sterotypical elements about halfway through that were distracting, but this corrected itself as the plot itself became more and more outlandish toward the end 9but still enjoyable).
All in all, a good book to learn some about a culture I didn't know a lot about, an interesting chance to think about how genocide works some, and most interesting in the exposition of bullying among adults and the way power dynamics among in groups and out groups unravel.
This book was billed as a psychological thriller, but I am not sure that is a great fit description-wise. It was more about situational ethics, groupthink, and the varying perspectives multiple people can have on one series of events. And bullying, lots and lots of bullying.
This was an enjoyable page-turner with a somewhat fresh take on alternating point of view that was pretty well done. It got a bit clunky at times as the author took a few too many detours with educational bits on genocide.
The description of the three female characters began to contain some sexist or sterotypical elements about halfway through that were distracting, but this corrected itself as the plot itself became more and more outlandish toward the end 9but still enjoyable).
All in all, a good book to learn some about a culture I didn't know a lot about, an interesting chance to think about how genocide works some, and most interesting in the exposition of bullying among adults and the way power dynamics among in groups and out groups unravel.