Two more books in this quarter as well. Neither of them terribly good reads either.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz
If the name of the book sounds familiar but the author doesn’t, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Swedish author Stieg Larsson wrote the Millennium trilogy – featuring Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist – which were published between 2005 and 2007. Larsson died in 2004. He had plans for a 10-part series but had only completed about 2 and half books. Thefirst 3 were published as the Millennium series. Lagercrantz, a Swedish author and journalist, was contacted by the publisher to write books 4-6 based on Larsson’s original characters. This was book 4.
Recommendation: Attempt this only if you have read the first trilogy. Even then, it’s large part of computer/cyber mumbo-jumbo with bursts of improbable actions sequences.
The Story of A Marriage by Geir Gulliksen
As different as two books could be, in terms of genre, characters, and style of writing. Gulliksen is a Norwegian – that’s probably the closest connection between the books, both writers are Scandinavian – writer and editor. Seem as a memoir by some, in this book Gulliksen delves into the dissolution of his second marriage by minutely dissecting events and life moments preceding the fact.
Recommendation: Pass
Books read in 2023 Q2: 2
Total books read in 2023: 4
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