The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis ... and New Book Purchase

A lot of times, for me, the maker and breaker of a novel is the main character. Whether I like them or not. For The Boy in the Suitcase, it's both. Nina Borg is seriously flawed and I loved that the hero of a series is that. No hidden powers or special abilities or out of this world IQ. On the contrary, she's very unstable emotionally ... and I would say mentally. I liked how it makes it possible for anyone to be the hero. Now, to be able to keep a straight face and a clear head in times of distress when you're with OTHER people is awesome but if you can't do that when you're with your family, your kids and your own blood, that doesn't quite sit right with me. I don't know. Helping other people without asking for anything in return is good but it seems like this person has a hero syndrome. Not to the point that she's creating a situation to rescue people but still ...

Actually, scratch all that, my main issue was that I didn't know how to pronounce the names of most characters here. Kidding.

I like thrillers and I like "cultural" books, I learn a lot from them. I like that this is fast paced and didn't drag.

So yeah, I liked it a lot. I'd give it a 4 except if I give it a 4 it means I'd be in a hurry to read the next couple of novels but I'm not so it's more a 3.5.
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Got a couple Terry Pratchett books from BookSale. These are a bit expensive from the usual second hand books I like to buy but the quality is almost new so I'm pretty happy about it. I got A Hat Full of Sky for 180php and Wings for 145php.