Do Not Read 'The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo' .
It's of the Dan Brown School of writing.
Just don't subject yourself to it.
Seriously.
Okay, I'll justify the above by telling you that my main objection is that the novel is badly structured. Steig Larson (not sure I've spelled that right...) has tried to smush two stories into one. The beginning is overworked, full of detail about financial fraud which is difficult for lay persons to understand, and for most of the book nothing happens. The premise of the book sounds really interesting, with a really atmospheric and intriguing opening, but the ending isn't worth the time it takes to get there.
It's of the Dan Brown School of writing.
Just don't subject yourself to it.
Seriously.
Okay, I'll justify the above by telling you that my main objection is that the novel is badly structured. Steig Larson (not sure I've spelled that right...) has tried to smush two stories into one. The beginning is overworked, full of detail about financial fraud which is difficult for lay persons to understand, and for most of the book nothing happens. The premise of the book sounds really interesting, with a really atmospheric and intriguing opening, but the ending isn't worth the time it takes to get there.
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- 9 Mar 2023, 23:05Hope you enjoy it!
- 9 Mar 2023, 17:48Thanks for sharing! I added this to my Reading List.
- 26 Dec 2022, 00:07This is a great manga series. Couldn't recommend it more.
- 24 Nov 2022, 05:06Hope you enjoy it!
- 24 Nov 2022, 00:10Love the title. I am going to see if my library has this book.
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is there a book community where you just warn people about awful writing and bad stories?
It is an example of Euro Crime which does tend to be a lot slower pace than American crime thrillers and tend to be more concerned with social issues.
Plus there's being concerned with social issues, and then there's perversion. This book displays the latter. *shudder* I'm mentally scarred.
It IS! And being European, even so Swedish, it appeals to me a greaaat deal. One of the best modern series I have read in a long while, so I wouldn't warn people about it, not at all. DDDD:
In my opinion the writing and character development is much, much better than DBs. The pacing is slow, but all of the characters are nicely flawed.
Plus no one jumped out of a helicopter trying to use a tarp as a parachute. Oi.
However, you must agree that the pacing is an issue of irregularity. The middle section is particularly slow, whereas the resolution of the crime is unsatisfactorily short.
*blink*
Wha???
I read three pages of Dan Brown and decided he was crap. I'm so glad I didn't make it that far.
OMG. That is like one of my favourite books!
Then again I do like The Da Vinci Code, but not like this!
(Yes, I am Swedish and read it in its original language.)
+ The movie is spectacular!
However, Stieg Larsson has released 3 books and the 2nd one is the best.
It's nothing like the first, absolutely nothing, so please give it a try :)
Also I don't think 'precedent' is the right word here. Unless it's a term I've never heard used to refer to the synopsis in the dust jacket?
I haven't read any other Swedish literature, so maybe they all give specific details about technology. You clearly must have a much better grasp of financial stuff than I do (or possibly just a longer attention span!) coz I just lost interest there. I just feel that if it had been JUST a story about the financial fraud stuff, or JUST a story about the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, the book would have been better.