tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post1887008617759748524..comments2023-10-29T03:25:15.070-04:00Comments on Out of My Mind: Taken Too Sooncmkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17984250869194585666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post-37421811057035240442009-09-04T23:27:46.894-04:002009-09-04T23:27:46.894-04:00It took me the longest time before buying the firs...It took me the longest time before buying the first book, as I have--pretty much--only books translated from the Russian to look at in terms of how well they will be in English. I have found the way Russian authors write to be so much different from what I'm used to and not exactly to my liking. However, these books are very easy to read in terms of the translation. I think one of the things I DO like about them is the 'exoticness'--I don't regularly read books that take place in Sweden, so that is different. I also don't find the names too hard to get around, as I am Scandinavian AND a hockey fan. (MANY hockey players are Swedish.) It is SO much easier to read something that is familiar--and that is one thing that is hard in Russia-based books. My BIGGEST 'beef' about these books: LOTS of characters. It makes it a bit hard to follow, but it all comes together very neatly in the end. (You DO have to read these books with some suspended belief--you just let the books flow and not look too closely at how 'impossible' some of the situations are.) I really, really liked them and would like to hear what others think of them.cmkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17984250869194585666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146226.post-91355481535776135342009-09-04T12:11:55.093-04:002009-09-04T12:11:55.093-04:00I've wondered if I should delve into Larsson&#...I've wondered if I should delve into Larsson's books. I just finished reading two books Sweedish mystery writers and didn't care for either so I havenot jumped to read his stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com