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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
Well, contrary to what I said earlier, I picked up the book again and read a bit more. I can see there might be a story, and even characters, in there somewhere, but I'm still not sure it's worth my time. Right now it looks on the verge of embarking on a "closed room" (or rather closed island) mystery, which I find profoundly uninteresting. Tomorrow I have to go back to the library to renew my loan on Seneca, and I think I will give back the Larsson and look for something more rewarding.
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I started "Men who hate women" (isn't that the English title as well?) a few days ago. I'm right now 15% into the book. I don't like the prose that much. It's slow and plodding, and he definitely can't write dialogue so it sounds natural. There's far too much exposition - a lot of the details about the characters could have been cut, it gets in the way of the story.
But I think I actually might keep reading. The story is promising, the characters as such are interesting enough. Whether I finish would depend whether the story will stay interesting.
I've been wondering why books such as this, or "The da Vinci code" become so popular, and it struck me today that perhaps it's because they're easy to read and entertaining. I've read too much and know too much about writing that I notice all the problems, but I bet a lot of people don't. And the story is efficient enough to hook even me into keep reading. I don't feel I have to push myself through like with "The da Vinci code".