Thread: Stieg Larsson and coffee
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Old 06-08-2012, 09:20 PM   #16
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I know this is an old, old resuscitated thread, but... coffee making/drinking/talking aside, I just never quite understood all the hype these books generated. I have to assume they were much better in the author's original language, because the English translations were pretty unremarkable. Decent. But not sweep-through-all-the-best-seller-lists "wow", by any means.
I agree. I enjoyed them, but as I was reading I couldn't help but wonder why they were on the bestseller lists. The writing is rather dry.
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