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Titel: Still
Autor:: Zoran Drvenkar
Erzähler: Christoph Maria Herbst
Format: Unabridged
Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 36 mins
Sprache: Deutsch
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-19-14
Herausgeber: Der Audio Verlag
Kategorien: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:
Wenn es Winter wird und Schnee und Eis alle Spuren verwischen, erwacht in den einsamen Wäldern Brandenburgs das Böse. Über Nacht verschwinden Mädchen und Jungen auf mysteriöse Weise. Kein Kind wird je wiedergesehen. Nur ein Mädchen taucht unerwartet und verstört wieder auf, seine Lippen sind seitdem verschlossen. Erst als ein verzweifelter Vater auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln beginnt, bricht es sein Schweigen. Doch damit dreht sich die Spirale des Bösen nur noch schneller.
Ein brillanter und verstörender neuer Thriller des Bestsellerautors Zoran Drvenkar.
©2014 Eder & Bach (P)2014 DAV
Mitglieder Bewertungen:
painful
(I am not a native speaker, please overlook my style)
Fantasy novels used to be one of the most escapist fiction genres, second perhaps only to cheap romances: I eagerly seek solace from daily toils in this kind of books and I expect many people do the same.
This is perhaps why so many reviewers find this book disappointing: though their comments do not mention this point at all they all seem to be outraged with its plot and characters. In some way they are right: no impossibly evil demon is to be found in this supposedly alternative medieval world and no courageous knight either.
Mr Feintuch is a distinguished writer, he plots well and uses a pleasant language. Few minor inconsistencies, a few redundant pages, some occasional flaws here and there such as the insisted examples of Rodrigo's weaknesses hardly diminish the value of this long novel.
Yet, as much as this book be very hard to put down, all I felt while reading it was sorrow and irritated bitterness: I am not sure I shall be willing to read it again.
The medieval world outlined by Mr Feintuch is much too akin to ours: war, greed, misery and death lurk everywhere; characters are moved only by their selfish needs, none of them is free from pain or failings.
The two main characters are another problem: who is Rodrigo after all if not a vermin, a cruel, useless, stupid, selfish scoundrel who soils the very earth he walks upon? He is the villain of this novel; hard a thing to swallow for any fantasy reader, I admit, especially because Mr Feintuch achieves real genius in creating this so to say "hero". How can a reader seeking entertainment be willing to identify with such a god forlorn creature unless he/she is ready to take a trip to the meanest, darker side of his/her own human nature and teenage memories and recognize them as his/her own?
Rodrigo grows up in the second half of the novel but his taints, though lessened and more disciplined, are still there and the ugly scar that disfigures half of his formerly very handsome face seems only a fitting outward representation of the rottenness within.
Again, what about his relationship with beautiful, amiable, valiant Justin? How can any reader be pleased with this masochistic love where roles switch swiftly and the torturer easily becomes the victim?
Once more the author's characterization is masterly: at first sight Justin seems the noble fellow, the good natured older mentor any fantasy novel hero needs to complete his quest. He is NOT. Out of a love where very little is noble he allows Rodrigo to injure and abuse him again and again.