When an apartment full of strangers are taken hostage by a fleeing bank robber, the local police jump into action. In this small Swedish town, the father-son cop duo in charge of the case take matters into their own inexperienced hands, as no one involved has ever been in a hostage crisis before. Meanwhile, in the apartment, things aren't going according to plan either and before long, the stress of the situation is going to open up lines of communication that might have stayed dormant for a lifetime otherwise.
This is not your typical hostage situation book.
It started off pretty slow for me, it took a while for me to be invested, although I did like the very familiar writing style, as thought the author is telling this story to a group of friends. And while I enjoyed the interviews with the witnesses, sometimes they felt like a bit much. However, about halfway through, I starting seeing little threads of connection and once that started happening I found myself really rooting for particular characters and feeling so much empathy. There is a LOT in this story, especially by the end my mind was spinning with the little ways our behavior can impact others without us ever even knowing. It made me want to make sure I use my own small impact to lift those around me because you just literally NEVER know what someone is going through.
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