What are you reading and book reviews

NokkonWud · 06-02-2009, 22:09

I've not even really got going yet, I've had so much going on, but from what I've had the chance to read it feels very polished and definitely intriguing, Larsson definitely paints a rather nice picture with words, or at least the translator does - any worry I had of a worrying translation is gone and the only signs that it is in fact Scandanavian is in the names of the characters and locations. So whilst it's descriptive, Larsson doesn't become dull with details like Giles Foden, which is great for me because Zanzibar by Foden is hands down the single most boring book I've ever read. It was a 40 page story over 400 pages

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What has surprisingly thrown me is having Swedish cities as opposed to the usual British/American/French/Italian where you have some geographical knowledge of roughly where they are, I've found that almost a little off-putting, especially as places are thrown around quite early on and it's a case of consulting the old atlas, I suppose the flip side of it is that it's a bit more of an adventure

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I think I'll have the majority of it read over the weekend, so I'll be able to tell you more then.

06-02-2009, 22:09	#10
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	I've not even really got going yet, I've had so much going on, but from what I've had the chance to read it feels very polished and definitely intriguing, Larsson definitely paints a rather nice picture with words, or at least the translator does - any worry I had of a worrying translation is gone and the only signs that it is in fact Scandanavian is in the names of the characters and locations. So whilst it's descriptive, Larsson doesn't become dull with details like Giles Foden, which is great for me because Zanzibar by Foden is hands down the single most boring book I've ever read. It was a 40 page story over 400 pages . What has surprisingly thrown me is having Swedish cities as opposed to the usual British/American/French/Italian where you have some geographical knowledge of roughly where they are, I've found that almost a little off-putting, especially as places are thrown around quite early on and it's a case of consulting the old atlas, I suppose the flip side of it is that it's a bit more of an adventure . I think I'll have the majority of it read over the weekend, so I'll be able to tell you more then. __________________