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The Nemesis Cell

door Brian L. Porter

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A group of women gather at a fertility clinic where Dr. Margherita Dumas offers a revolutionary, experimental treatment for their infertility problems. A year later, each of them gives birth to a healthy baby boy. Thirty years later, a killer begins to wipe out the children born as a result of Dumas' programme. Detective Inspector Harry Houston and his team are assigned to piece together the case and bring the killer to justice. With time and clues in short supply, can Harry and his team find the link between events of the past and the deaths of the innocent progeny of Clinique Sobel?… (meer)
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I wouldn't particularly describe this book as gripping, thrilling, and certainly not a mystery in any way. It's a story about a right-wing Hitler fanatic who creates emotionless soldiers to... you know what, I read this entire book and I'm still not entirely sure what her original goal would have been if things don't go wrong?

She also says shit like "they feel no falsely directed pity for the poor or the oppressed, as the bleeding-heart liberals of the world have us all do" and "they will be devoid of the stupid sentimentality that pervades the minds of the woolly-headed liberals that want to shape our modern society", because that's the kind of person she is. Her creations, on the other hand, say shit like "hmmm, love, that stupid concept keeps cropping up in our studies of human behaviour and throughout the history of literature", because that's the kind of "people" they are. (Oh, and of course in the end she's judged mentally ill.)

The thing is: this book is written entirely in a chronological order, with no time jumps. The murders that are described in the blurb don't happen until 85% in, and by that point there is absolutely no mystery at all, because we've already read everything that happened. Also, I had to read about the childhood and upbringing of the detective who eventually solves the case even though he's not relevant to the story until 85% in?

Honestly, the woman behind this mess was so overexaggerated that I couldn't take her seriously, but fine, okay. This could have been an interesting mystery if they started with the murders and revelead everything else gradually in flashbacks/as the investigation goes on. But this way it was just... not entertaining at all, and again, with absolutely no amount of mystery.

There is a cliffhanger/twist at the end, but by that point I found even that weak because I don't see where it could go other than the guy dying in a year or something.

I was going back and forth between 1 and 2 stars, especially that I've only ever rated around two books 1 star, but you know what, this one deserves it. ( )
  runtimeregan | Jun 12, 2019 |
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A group of women gather at a fertility clinic where Dr. Margherita Dumas offers a revolutionary, experimental treatment for their infertility problems. A year later, each of them gives birth to a healthy baby boy. Thirty years later, a killer begins to wipe out the children born as a result of Dumas' programme. Detective Inspector Harry Houston and his team are assigned to piece together the case and bring the killer to justice. With time and clues in short supply, can Harry and his team find the link between events of the past and the deaths of the innocent progeny of Clinique Sobel?

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