Just one spreadsheet away from chaos…
What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal.
And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother – its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters … and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.
But what Henri really can't compute is love. In the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect their debts and as Henri's relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheets…
Warmly funny, rich with quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life.
I've had my eye on The Rabbit Factor for a while and now that it is being made into a movie, I wanted to make sure that I read the book first. This is going to be one heck of a movie if it's even half as good as the book.
I loved Henri, he's Mr Logic and relies on mathematical calculations to solve all of his problems. When he inherits a run down adventure park (not an amusement park as he's fond of telling people) he also inherits his brother's debts. The criminals who want their money back with interest think Henri will be a pushover but they have seriously miscalculated.
The whole setting in the adventure park is fantastic and I could totally picture it in my head, thanks to the big rabbit on the front of the book of course. There's a strange bunch of people employed there and Henri finds himself drawn to one of them as the find they have a shared interest in art. Henri's relationship with Laura was so lovely to read as Henri is so naïve when it comes to the opposite sex.
The Rabbit Factor is a delightfully quirky comedy crime caper with the most unlikely and endearing protagonist. I will definitely be picking up the other books in the series to continue Henri's adventure.
I chose to read a digital ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
My rating:
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