Review: Better than I feared, but just OK
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
This was an OK book, nothing more. I am rather happy I got it for free.The thing is, as a Scandinavian, I think I'm spoiled with good crime. A typical Scandinavian mystery, is dark and confusing, and you actually have to think to figure out who did the deed (and most of the time, you are wrong). This, however, is too "glossy" for my taste. It's too much focus on how the main character thinks she is fat, and drinks low-carb beer, and how all men are jerks. It's too transparent, you don't have any surprises. You don't really have to think to figure out most of it, and you just get irritated that the characters, who are supposed to be clever, are really rather slow. For me, it feels like a way to flatter the reader, that we can feel intelligent that we see something the clever detective and journalist don't. It's not as horribly obvious as in say, the Da Vinci Code, but it still bugs me.Also, the entire last chapter would have been best left out.The main character also whines too much. All men are bad, and it started with her father who was the reason their family wasn't like on TV, and the mother wasn't at home to make breakfast and clean the house. (Yes,this is what it actually says in the book.) And her husband left her, and no one will ever love her again. I just want to scream at her!However, the story is a good one, and the pace is good. If you don't think about the typos that start showing up rather often after about 70%, it's really not bad. A nice break for the brain.