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Originally Posted by neilmarr
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.
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How interesting. I liked it a lot. Granted, I don't read that genre of fiction a great deal, but it held my attention easily, and I enjoyed reading it. Checking, I find I gave it 9/10 — I've only given 9/10 to ten of the ninety books I've read this year. (& only one 10/10.)
Whether there are technical problems with the writing or plotting I've no idea. If there are, I didn't notice them, but then, I'm not a professional editor or writer. From this reader's point of view, the book worked well.
I would suggest that there must be something in it that you're missing so far. I can't believe it's just luck that it's been in the Amazon top 100 books for over a year (currently at #3), and that the trilogy currently make up three of the top five in the top 100 books. Or that of the 1250+ reviews, over 70% five it four or five stars.
But one thing being on mobileread has taught me well is that there are a vast range of readers who like a vast range of different kinds of books. Perhaps these are just not for you.