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Just laid hands on the Larsson trilogy, by the way. A couple of thousand pages or more, I think. I'm at fifty-some pages into The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and am bored to bloody tears. The writing is awful, the characters are pure cardboard, the research seems so skimpy that disbelief can't be suspended, and there's not the vaguest hint of a story yet. Is it really worth sticking with this turgid stuff? I know a lot of chums here have enjoyed at least GWTDT, so maybe I'm about to give up too soon, but I won't read another page until one of you trusted pals tells me I'll regret it if I don't. From what I've seen so far ... all hype, no substance. Cheers. Neil
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