Christian Jungersen's The Exception - Finland

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This great book won’t soon be forgotten after reading. It forces you to change your established ways of thinking. What more can we hope for from a book?
Kouvolan Sanomat

Finland
The Exception was published in August 2006 by Otava Press.

The fact that The Exception is at its heart an extremely intensely charged psychological thriller does not limit its ability to delve deeply into everyday life. The picture Jungersen paints of ordinary office work is jarring.
… The changes in perspective relate the same events seen through the eyes of different characters, and the rapid dialogue gives the plot depth and plausibility. This method may at first glance be reminiscent of Dan Brown’s way of educating his audience about symbology in The Da Vinci Code, but instead of Brown’s long, dry lectures, Jungersen writes punchy, colloquial dialogue. This solution is clearly more effective than Brown’s.
Salon Seudun Sanomat

The Exception is believable and interesting from start to finish. This multidimensional, taught thriller doesn’t woo the reader with suspense alone; it also gives plenty of cause for thought, even shocking us at times—indeed, as any good novel ought.
Kainuun Sanomat

Danish author Christian Jungersen’s sizeable novel The Exception has been a notable international bestseller. One reason for this lies in the way Jungersen is able to effortlessly combine different modes of writing, combining the themes of so-called serious literature with entertaining narrative, intertwining the suspenseful elements of the thriller with psychological analysis. Without damaging the overall effect of what is a novel to be reckoned with. …
While many novels, especially light fiction, tend to simply demonize evil, Jungersen’s novel does the opposite. The roots of evil are sought in the historical situation, as well as in group and individual egoism, the authoritarian models of blindly following the rules. Jungersen’s novel relates all of this with startling directness and gravity, yet without compromising the specific elements of the psychological thriller.
Uutispäivä Demari

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