Die Stunde der Wut

Obwohl dies Band 2 einer Reihe ist und ich Band 1 nicht gelesen habe und dieses Buch auf die Geschehnisse zurückgreift aus Teil 1, konnte ich der Story problemlos folgen. Durch die kurzen Kapitel und vielen Szenenwechsel ist der Einstieg in die Geschichte ziemlich rasant und das hat mir zu Anfang auch gut besonders gut gefallen. Aber je weiter die Story voranschreitet umso mehr hätte ich mir ausführlichere Szenen gewünscht. Die Vielzahl an Handlungsorte und die hohen Anzahl von unterschiedlichen Perspektiven überfüllt die Geschichte nach und nach ohne dabei an Tiefe zu gewinnen. Es bleibt alles sehr oberflächlich und dadurch kam leider kaum Spannung auf. Zudem ist mir leider immer wieder negativ aufgestossen, dass auf die Hautfarbe der weiblichen Ermittlerin hingewiesen wurde ohne das es überhaupt nötig ist, denn dies wird aus der Story an sich schon ersichtlich und mal ehrlich was ist daran so wichtig? Wenn jemand weiß ist wird doch auch nicht immer wieder darauf hingewiesen und es nahezu so sehr verdeutlich, dass der Leser es nicht kapieren würde. Dabei hätte ich mir wirklich viel mehr Sensitivität gewünscht. Aus diesem Grund kann ich nur 2 Sterne vergeben, sonst wären es 3 gewesen.

Read my full review on my blog Blattzirkus. Disclaimer I was kindly provided with the book by Heyne Verlag. This book review reflects 100% my opinion. In addition to the book, I received materials related to the book and to the characters. Plot A year has passed since Melias’ ex-colleague Solveig Fischer disappeared. The case still gnaws at the detective, which is why she is investigating a new case in addition to the disappearance of the ex-colleague. The young woman Klara Dauert was found stabbed to death in her apartment by two paramedics, after she had previously made an emergency call. What initially looks like a relationship drama quickly turns into a finely spun web of greed, corruption and violence, in which several parties are entangled and caution is required to get away in one piece. My opinion of "Die Stunde der Wut" To be honest, I didn’t know the author Horst Eckert before I got a press release about the book. Since I had recently finished Der Malik by Bernhard Kreutner (also a thriller), and liked it quite a bit, I wanted to try my hand a little further in the genre. Thrillers I usually only read when Stephen King is on it (who more accurately is a horror author), which is why it was an interesting foray into a genre I don’t read too often.. I don’t know the first part of the series, so I jumped in – more or less – right in the middle, which wasn’t a problem. The author has packaged the most important things from the last volume in such a way that you still know your way around for the second part, which is why you can easily jump in at Die Stunde der Wut without having to have read In Namen der Lüge first. What can I say – I finished the book in more or less two days, that’s how much it captivated me and how much I liked the structure of the book. Basically, the novel takes place within 5 days, if you disregard the epilogue, which takes place six days after the events. As a result, there is a neat division of the plot. The chapters are many in number, as there are points of view from multiple characters to illuminate. Through this I also assume, I also just raced through the book as the chapters were kept so short and loose. By also giving the reader insight into multiple characters – both “good” and “evil” (when heavily depicted in black and white) – you get to see the race against time in which the goal is to track down the killer. The initially loose plot threads weave together over time and eventually form a finished picture that makes sense and left me with no further questions. “His novels are considered “in the best sense complex police thriller,which you can read not only as exciting crime material, but also as a commentary of the time” (Deutschlandfunk)”, the quote, which can be found in the author flap text, I could well understand, because the deep furrow between “good people” and “lateral thinkers” strongly shown and from each side as well as all spectrums in between, were represented. This book was still very much about racism and the refugee crisis, as well as hatred on the internet, but can also translate well to the current Corona pandemic. The characters in Die Stunde der Wut are wide-ranging – from students, to ex-soldiers, politicians and psychotherapists, everything is there and wide-ranging in terms of attitude – whether hateful or peace-loving. So there are characters to love, characters to hate, and characters you don’t care about, so there’s something for everyone. You needn’t be afraid, however, that the subject matter will be heavily complicated or highly political in one direction – it’s been written simply and understandably, which makes me imagine that this thriller will appeal to readers:inside who haven’t had much contact with thrillers. At the beginning of the book was also a kind of family tree graphically represented, which illustrates the police headquarters Dusseldorf, on which you can fall back during the reading, should you once no longer know with all the terms. Conclusion I give Die Stunde der Wut by Horst Eckert 4 out of 5 stars, because I liked the novel very much, but lacked a certain depth in the characters for me personally. However, I can recommend this thriller with a clear conscience to anyone who is even rudimentarily at home in the genre or who takes exception to it.