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The Game Trilogy #Sampler
Game free sampler
Discover the Swedish thriller series taking the world by storm with this free extended ebook sampler
This is a free sample of the first five chapters (of 22) of the Swedish thriller GAME by Anders de la Motte.
When Henrik “HP” Pettersson picks up a mobile phone on a Stockholm train one morning, he has no idea that his life is about to change forever.
The phone’s invitation to play “The Game” is too tempting to resist and he soon finds himself embarking on a series of dangerous missions.
But fun soon turns to fear as his Police Detective sister is dragged into the action. As their lives spiral out of control, HP faces a challenge he never expected. Can he outwit The Game before it’s too late?
68 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 7, 2013
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Anders de la Motte
32 books579 followersAnders de la Motte, a former police officer, made his debut in 2010 with the award-winning thriller Game and has since then been one of Sweden’s most beloved and popular crime writers. He is the author of several acclaimed and bestselling crime fiction series, among them the suspenseful Skåne Quartet. Published in 2022, The Mountain King is the first bestselling installment in his new Leo Asker series.
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January 26, 2014
I actually read the whole book and couldn't find it on here except this trial thing...
Overall a great page turner, however, it was really hard to empathize with either main character. Both were unlikable people. Second, the author either made a huge mistake, or tried to trick the reader. There is a chapter where it reads like the brother and sister have incest! But as you read, you discover they were sleeping with 2 other people, just the writing didn't make that clear! I almost stopped reading because of that. But I see it's a translation so perhaps that was the problem?
Overall a great page turner, however, it was really hard to empathize with either main character. Both were unlikable people. Second, the author either made a huge mistake, or tried to trick the reader. There is a chapter where it reads like the brother and sister have incest! But as you read, you discover they were sleeping with 2 other people, just the writing didn't make that clear! I almost stopped reading because of that. But I see it's a translation so perhaps that was the problem?
September 5, 2017
Um thriller excelente com voltas e reviravoltas.
Após receber um celular de aço escovado, HP começa a participar do Jogo.
Um irmão de uma policial que vive entrando em dificuldades, entra em um emaranhado de ações.
Trechos curtos, no estilo jornalístico, mostrando aspectos diferentes da trama.
Final simplesmente fantástico: nunca confie em alguém ;-)
Well, just my 2 cents :-)
Após receber um celular de aço escovado, HP começa a participar do Jogo.
Um irmão de uma policial que vive entrando em dificuldades, entra em um emaranhado de ações.
Trechos curtos, no estilo jornalístico, mostrando aspectos diferentes da trama.
Final simplesmente fantástico: nunca confie em alguém ;-)
Well, just my 2 cents :-)
July 31, 2018
"A refreshing change"
Unlike any other book I've read this year. It was an easy read, fast-paced and full of tension and intrigue. I'd be foolish not to read the rest of the story - and so would you.
Unlike any other book I've read this year. It was an easy read, fast-paced and full of tension and intrigue. I'd be foolish not to read the rest of the story - and so would you.
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January 27, 2015I was not a fan. I think it might be the translation, but it came across as very disjointed and hard to follow.
February 14, 2024
Quite a good read this book with a plot that is highly plausible. The story has a good backstory, the scenarios are fleshed out fairly well and is dramatic. Dramatic that is if you take out the fact that there is always someone who knows someone else who has such a chip on their shoulder that they will willingly put themselves in harm's way to help out a stranger, and all this because they are the only ones with sufficient knowledge. That aside a thoroughly enjoyable book with an ending that surprises and sets one thinking. "Hmmmmm, can't wait to get the next book" which is perhaps the idea
February 15, 2014
I found this book to be a page-turner thriller, which is a good thing. HP, Henrik Pettersson, finds a strange looking cell phone on the train one afternoon. He originally plans to sell it for some cash for cigarettes, dope and/or booze, but it keeps asking him “Do you want to play a game?” (Reminded me of War Games.) HP is offered the chance to complete tasks and be reimbursed after he uploads video of his performance to the Game’s servers. His first task is to steal an umbrella from another passenger on the train. After this, HP is sucked into the Game, and enjoys the admiration of the on-line community. The tasks become more risky, and more rewarding.
While all this is going on, we also meet Rebecca Normen, a bodyguard in the Swedish police. Becca is HP’s sister, and the complete opposite of him. She holds down a respectable job and is a responsible person, and has bailed HP out of financial difficulties in the past.
I generally don’t read thrillers unless they’re science fiction. I had thought this book might be something along the lines of Ready Player One or Reamde , but it reads more like Dan Brown or Tom Clancy. For a thriller, it was good and definitely a page turner. It kept me awake too late a couple of nights. The character of HP grew on me; at first I thought he was a total loser but as the novel progresses he develops some redeeming characteristics and actually becomes a sympathetic character. By the end of the novel I was pulling for him against the Game Master.
I was bothered by the way De La Motte jumped back and forth between HP’s story & Becca’s story; there were no transitions. One paragraph was about HP, and the next paragraph switched to Becca, with no indication that the point of view was changing. A few times I was a sentence or two into the paragraph before I figured out what had happened.
I received the first two books in the trilogy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, and have read both of them. I am looking forward to finding out what happens in the 3rd book. I originally thought this was a 3 star book, but I’m changing my rating to 4 stars. For a thriller, I thought it was quite good.
While all this is going on, we also meet Rebecca Normen, a bodyguard in the Swedish police. Becca is HP’s sister, and the complete opposite of him. She holds down a respectable job and is a responsible person, and has bailed HP out of financial difficulties in the past.
I generally don’t read thrillers unless they’re science fiction. I had thought this book might be something along the lines of Ready Player One or Reamde , but it reads more like Dan Brown or Tom Clancy. For a thriller, it was good and definitely a page turner. It kept me awake too late a couple of nights. The character of HP grew on me; at first I thought he was a total loser but as the novel progresses he develops some redeeming characteristics and actually becomes a sympathetic character. By the end of the novel I was pulling for him against the Game Master.
I was bothered by the way De La Motte jumped back and forth between HP’s story & Becca’s story; there were no transitions. One paragraph was about HP, and the next paragraph switched to Becca, with no indication that the point of view was changing. A few times I was a sentence or two into the paragraph before I figured out what had happened.
I received the first two books in the trilogy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, and have read both of them. I am looking forward to finding out what happens in the 3rd book. I originally thought this was a 3 star book, but I’m changing my rating to 4 stars. For a thriller, I thought it was quite good.
February 17, 2016
DNF at Page 122. I tried.
I thought I would really like this book, an Action book, a unique Swedish setting, family ties, the rave reviews. It sounded so good and then it fell on its face...
Two things were seriously off-putting. First, the writing. Two, the characters.
There should be a little bit of leadway given the author is Swedish and some things may have been lost in translation but let's be honest A LOT OF SWEDISH PEOPLE HAVE BETTER ENGLISH THAN I DO!
The writing style was terrible. Actions and emotions were reiterated, the Author did a big made the book multiple third person which in my opinion killed the book. It could have been written from HP's point of view or his sisters but the writer tried to do both (And the Police Psychologist) and it got really messy and annoying really fast. The breaks and changes between point of view were also very poorly done. AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO READ TWO SEX SCENES BACK TO BACK AND THOUGHT THE SIBLINGS HAD SEX WITH EACH OTHER? No? Ok moving on.
The characters, were another big painstaking flaw with this book. Because the characters were so stone cold, they were hard to emphasize with which made them virtually impossible to sympathize with. HP was just a wanking cockhead and Rebecca was as boring as a bag of bricks.
I wish I could rave about this book. The cover seemed so good but hey... I tried.
I thought I would really like this book, an Action book, a unique Swedish setting, family ties, the rave reviews. It sounded so good and then it fell on its face...
Two things were seriously off-putting. First, the writing. Two, the characters.
There should be a little bit of leadway given the author is Swedish and some things may have been lost in translation but let's be honest A LOT OF SWEDISH PEOPLE HAVE BETTER ENGLISH THAN I DO!
The writing style was terrible. Actions and emotions were reiterated, the Author did a big made the book multiple third person which in my opinion killed the book. It could have been written from HP's point of view or his sisters but the writer tried to do both (And the Police Psychologist) and it got really messy and annoying really fast. The breaks and changes between point of view were also very poorly done. AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO READ TWO SEX SCENES BACK TO BACK AND THOUGHT THE SIBLINGS HAD SEX WITH EACH OTHER? No? Ok moving on.
The characters, were another big painstaking flaw with this book. Because the characters were so stone cold, they were hard to emphasize with which made them virtually impossible to sympathize with. HP was just a wanking cockhead and Rebecca was as boring as a bag of bricks.
I wish I could rave about this book. The cover seemed so good but hey... I tried.
November 21, 2014
The writing style seemed to vary with a dip in quality around the middle of the book. I wasn't keen on the gratuitous swearing either. But the story kept me hooked till the end and I look forward to reading Buzz.
August 21, 2015
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