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Originally Posted by Ea
Perhaps it's more complicated. I liked the story and plot enough to finish the first book, but the writing was bad - especially the dialogue was toe-curling. The journalist was too obviously a hero version of Larsson. A few, but large, chunks of info-dumps... I read it in a Danish translation from Swedish - don't know whether that might matter - perhaps the translation in English reads better. But even if I can understand the fascination, I don't understand the hype. It doesn't feel so much different from other (Scandinavian) crime fiction I've read..
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Actually, I think it is a lot different from other Scandinavian crime fiction. I think it was written more in the British tradition. Also the crime authors read in the books was not Swedish and I think he place authors that was influential in the book.