The Sweetness of Life (Paperback)

from lostinalibrary

Set in the Austrian Alps in winter, an old man is playing Ludo with his granddaughter when he leaves to answer the door. When he doesn't return, she goes in search of him and finds his horrifically murdered body lying outside in the snow. In this ironically titled thriller by author Paulus Hochga...

from SheTreadsSoftly

The Sweetness of Life by Paulus Hochgatterer is a highly recommended, atmospheric and almost melancholy psychological thriller."Who could do a thing like that?" and why it sounded so jolly when she said it."Someone who has a problem with the sweetness of life," he said, astonishing himself with h...

from jkdavies

this book created a beautiful atmosphere; and jumping into the thoughts of the various characters felt real...and how little difference there was between psychiatrist & psychotic...

from CaineBooks

A complete mess of characters, the most of which have nothing to do with the plot, they're just tossed in, like nasty ingredients tossed unthinkingly into a stew. The actual murder, murderer, and motive would have been more than interesting enough, but they are not given any time in comparison to...

from Nataliec7

So it was okay. It wasn't as good as I expected but I continued reading it to the end. Not much else to say about it really. 3/5