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In Jewish scripture, there is a legend: There are thirty-six righteous people on earth. The thirty-six protect us. Without them, humanity would perish. But the thirty-six do not know they are the chosen ones.
In Beijing, a monk collapses in his chamber, dead. A fiery mark—a tattoo? a burn?—spreads across his back and down his spine. In Mumbai, a beloved economist, a man who served the poor, dies suddenly. His corpse reveals the same symbol. Similar deaths are reported around the world—the victims all humanitarians, all with the same death mark. In Venice, an enterprising Italian policeman links the deaths, tracing the evidence. Who is killing good people around the world?
In Copenhagen, police are preparing for a world climate summit when they receive the Interpol alert. The task falls to veteran detective Niels Bentzon: Find the “good people” of Denmark and warn them. But Bentzon is a man who is trained to see the worst in humanity, not the good. One by one, people are crossed off his list. He senses their secrets and wrongdoings.
Just as Bentzon is ready to give up, he meets Hannah Lund, a brilliant astrophysicist mourning the death of her son and the implosion of her marriage. With Hannah’s help, Bentzon begins to piece together the puzzle of these far-flung deaths. A pattern emerges. It is, they realize, a perfectly executed plan of murder. There have been thirty-four deaths—two more to come if the legend is true. According to the pattern, Bentzon and Hannah can predict the time and place of the final two murders. The deaths will occur in Venice and Copenhagen. And the time is now.
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5 人中、5人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Not really a "thriller"
2012/4/10
形式:ハードカバー
I'm not sure how to categorize this book, in all honesty.
Theme: there are 36 "good men" spread around the world, and the survival of at least one of them is necessary for the continued existence of humanity. But of late, they seem to be dying off, the one common trait being that as they near death a huge mark starts to appear and develop on each of them, spreading from shoulder to shoulder on their backs.
A couple of cops, one in Copenhagen and one in Venice, have managed to tumble on to the fact that these deaths around the world are linked, and we follow them as they try to solve the mystery of these seemingly inexplicable events.
I found the book to be an interesting exploration of the meaning of "good" in human society; it was clearly an attempt to delve into this idea, with many spiritual and metaphysical aspects.
But it also had shortfalls as an allegory: ultimately, there was no real "reveal" of what was going on at the root of the issue. For a book exploring such a fundamental theme, it failed to actually take a position in the end. This was disappointing and frustrating.
Further, whether due to pacing or plotting, I think categorizing this book as a "thriller" was more a matter of pigeonholing and convenience than being an accurate description. Without going into plot reveals and spoilers it's hard to get real specific, but the term "thriller" in novels connotes elements to a story that were completely missing in this book.
Again... interesting, but if you get it with the idea you're going to be reading a traditional "thriller", I think you're going to be very disappointed.
Theme: there are 36 "good men" spread around the world, and the survival of at least one of them is necessary for the continued existence of humanity. But of late, they seem to be dying off, the one common trait being that as they near death a huge mark starts to appear and develop on each of them, spreading from shoulder to shoulder on their backs.
A couple of cops, one in Copenhagen and one in Venice, have managed to tumble on to the fact that these deaths around the world are linked, and we follow them as they try to solve the mystery of these seemingly inexplicable events.
I found the book to be an interesting exploration of the meaning of "good" in human society; it was clearly an attempt to delve into this idea, with many spiritual and metaphysical aspects.
But it also had shortfalls as an allegory: ultimately, there was no real "reveal" of what was going on at the root of the issue. For a book exploring such a fundamental theme, it failed to actually take a position in the end. This was disappointing and frustrating.
Further, whether due to pacing or plotting, I think categorizing this book as a "thriller" was more a matter of pigeonholing and convenience than being an accurate description. Without going into plot reveals and spoilers it's hard to get real specific, but the term "thriller" in novels connotes elements to a story that were completely missing in this book.
Again... interesting, but if you get it with the idea you're going to be reading a traditional "thriller", I think you're going to be very disappointed.
4 人中、4人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
exhilarating thriller
2012/3/6
形式:ハードカバー
In the Yonghegong Temple in Beijing, Ling the monk drops dead with an inflamed etching across his back. Italian police officer Tommaso di Barbara sends Giuseppe Locatelli to Suvarna Hospital in Mumbai to confirm what he expects with the death of economist Raj Bairoliya. The same thing had occurred in Hanoi and elsewhere. Tommaso believes someone is murdering humanitarians around the globe.
Stunned, Tommaso links thirty-four identical deaths of good people by a serial killer, which leads him to Jewish scripture of the pious thirty-six preventing the end of humanity. As the world climate summit comes to Copenhagen, Tommaso enlists Danish detective Niels Bentzon to help him save the last two standing. Niels finds nobody worthy until he obtains the help of grieving scientist Hannah Lund, who struggles with her son's suicide. She finds the pattern in which the last two homicides will occur in Venice and Copenhagen very soon.
Based on the Jewish belief of the thirty six righteous but unenlightened people who prevent the end of the world, The Last Good Man is an exhilarating thriller. The prime trio is fully developed with flaws and disbeliefs making them human. Their desperation to identify and keep safe the last two good people standing is fun to follow. Although the Jewish scripture of pre-determined chosen ones is fascinating, this insight slows down the pace of an otherwise exciting running out of time biblical doomsday countdown.
Harriet Klausner
Stunned, Tommaso links thirty-four identical deaths of good people by a serial killer, which leads him to Jewish scripture of the pious thirty-six preventing the end of humanity. As the world climate summit comes to Copenhagen, Tommaso enlists Danish detective Niels Bentzon to help him save the last two standing. Niels finds nobody worthy until he obtains the help of grieving scientist Hannah Lund, who struggles with her son's suicide. She finds the pattern in which the last two homicides will occur in Venice and Copenhagen very soon.
Based on the Jewish belief of the thirty six righteous but unenlightened people who prevent the end of the world, The Last Good Man is an exhilarating thriller. The prime trio is fully developed with flaws and disbeliefs making them human. Their desperation to identify and keep safe the last two good people standing is fun to follow. Although the Jewish scripture of pre-determined chosen ones is fascinating, this insight slows down the pace of an otherwise exciting running out of time biblical doomsday countdown.
Harriet Klausner
2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Fun, fast paced thriller, with a great beginning
2012/3/22
形式:ハードカバー
I won this book from Goodreads first readers giveaways in exchange for an honest review.
The Last Good Man is a thriller about 36 good people (the only ones standing in the way of evil) who are being eliminated around the world and the two policemen in different countries who are the only ones who believe what's going on: the main protagonist Niels in Copenhagen and Tommaso in Venice.
There are a lot of great things about this book. It's fast paced, well written, and the first half of the book makes mostly the right moves. There are secrets that are revealed that I am highly impressed by. Niels is a likeable protagonist and Hannah, the physicist, is also a compelling character that adds a high level of intelligence to the book.
There are some issues, which prevent me from giving this book five stars. The big reveal in the last third of the book was anticlimactic; previous surprises were much more impressive-- this surprise was easily figured out. I also wanted to hear more about Tommaso, who was the first person to believe there was a pattern to all of these deaths. How did he come up with this pattern? We only see glimpses, and then the rest is Niels trying to figure out what Tommaso has already figured out. Also, it seems kind of ridiculous that neither of them answer their cell phones for the first half of the book. And then, from there on, I was expecting... more. The ending just seems a letdown when the opening is so grand, so big. I was really anticipating a big conspiracy to reveal itself.
That said, I blazed through the book in a day. It was a fast, fun read, especially the first half of the book, and had some great characters.
The Last Good Man is a thriller about 36 good people (the only ones standing in the way of evil) who are being eliminated around the world and the two policemen in different countries who are the only ones who believe what's going on: the main protagonist Niels in Copenhagen and Tommaso in Venice.
There are a lot of great things about this book. It's fast paced, well written, and the first half of the book makes mostly the right moves. There are secrets that are revealed that I am highly impressed by. Niels is a likeable protagonist and Hannah, the physicist, is also a compelling character that adds a high level of intelligence to the book.
There are some issues, which prevent me from giving this book five stars. The big reveal in the last third of the book was anticlimactic; previous surprises were much more impressive-- this surprise was easily figured out. I also wanted to hear more about Tommaso, who was the first person to believe there was a pattern to all of these deaths. How did he come up with this pattern? We only see glimpses, and then the rest is Niels trying to figure out what Tommaso has already figured out. Also, it seems kind of ridiculous that neither of them answer their cell phones for the first half of the book. And then, from there on, I was expecting... more. The ending just seems a letdown when the opening is so grand, so big. I was really anticipating a big conspiracy to reveal itself.
That said, I blazed through the book in a day. It was a fast, fun read, especially the first half of the book, and had some great characters.
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