Reviews

• “Netflix’s The Glass Dome is a brand-new Nordic Noir – or more specifically, Swedish – series that delivers everything fans of the genre love. We get a likeable and brilliant yet complex female lead investigator, a depraved villain who stages grand, ceremonial horrors for his victims, and that all-important secondary narrative with a socio-political edge.”

• “A gripping psychological thriller. It works as both a twisty kidnapping crime saga with a lot of moving parts and fleshed-out characters, and as a tactful, skillfully performed meditation on the long-lasting and intergenerational effects of trauma. Fans of thriller procedural fare like The Silence of the Lambs and Prisoners are likely to find plenty to enjoy in a six-part series that’s often surprising, never dull, and ultimately rather satisfying in the way whodunits should always aspire to be. /…/ The Glass Dome establishes and explores an impressive sense of place within six episodes, thanks certainly to chilly and forbidding, yet quite kinetic cinematography throughout — also in the way the show hurls us into its web of intertwined small-town relationships, all of them really believable in their baggage. ”

• “The first episode is a gut-wrenching barker while the following five episodes are effectively told and full of unexpected twists. /…/ Keeps the suspense alive until the very end.”

• “Surprisingly thrilling and memorable. /…/ With well-crafted characters and side stories that are woven perfectly into the main plot, a world is created where you picture yourself as the detective. The Glass Dome constantly delivers just enough information for us to figure out who the perpetrator is, without losing interest. When the revelation finally comes, I’ve managed to suspect almost every character. /…/ A series that I really recommend.”