I read this book some months ago, courtesy of a Public Library, and found it to be extremely well written, and extremely saddening. Take heed of this caution, if you are faltering in your will to believe in human kindness. This is not a work, however well written it may be, that you ought to be reading. It may well end what little belief you have in the goodness of mankind. In reading it, I was reminded that there are some people, many do not trouble themselves to call such people human beings, for whom even the worst and most reprehensible of actions are not beyond taking. I knew, of course, from past personal experience, especially during my childhood, that there are many bad actors among the members of the human race, but this book brought that memory back home with an impact that was stunning. I think I was unable to eat for three days. Some of the action in the book was in fact predictable before the very end, but the final twist did indeed come as a horrifying surprise.
This day, 24 of the Omer, 
emphasizes all kinds of health care, which one may well need to think of after reading this book, especially for public mental health care, and public transportation, which clearly ties in with public health in various ways, but after reading this book, and I do hope that it is not available in English, even if it is well written, you may well need to take public transportation. Being so impacted by a book that it is not safe to drive is one more good reason for us to have good and accessible mass transit!
Oh, yes, and remember that this terrifying book is called The Snow Man, not to be confused with Alexandre Dumas’ book The Snow Ball, 
which was a wonderful read!
Shira
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