I have an upcoming trip to visit Spain, so I wanted to read some books set there to get in the mood. I ordered a bunch of used books to be delivered from Better World Books, but this one wasn't available so I got it right away on kindle. It was a failure on multiple fronts as this book (or at least the part I read) takes place in Sweden and my physical book order hasn't arrived yet. Oh well.
Back to our Andalucian Friend. In our post Girl with a Dragon Tattoo world, thrillers by Swedish authors are all the rage. This one is full of morose, depressed characters. The only ones that show a spark of life you know are going to end up being terrible people. There are also so many characters with so little personality it was impossible to track who was who.
I have had the pleasure to meet several people from Sweden here in Brno and they are lovely, upbeat, optimists with a great outlook on life. So I can't recommend this book as a thriller or to give any insight into Sweden let alone Spain. Ouch.
Long Story Short: Let me know if you read this and make it more than a third of the way through to find something redeemable.
Back to our Andalucian Friend. In our post Girl with a Dragon Tattoo world, thrillers by Swedish authors are all the rage. This one is full of morose, depressed characters. The only ones that show a spark of life you know are going to end up being terrible people. There are also so many characters with so little personality it was impossible to track who was who.
I have had the pleasure to meet several people from Sweden here in Brno and they are lovely, upbeat, optimists with a great outlook on life. So I can't recommend this book as a thriller or to give any insight into Sweden let alone Spain. Ouch.
Long Story Short: Let me know if you read this and make it more than a third of the way through to find something redeemable.
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