tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post4137412194800801657..comments2023-10-10T10:00:06.367+01:00Comments on DJ´s krimiblog: Åsa Larsson, Solstorm (2004)Dorte Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-37657137712352929322009-03-25T18:12:00.000+00:002009-03-25T18:12:00.000+00:00Really interesting question!I don´t think there we...Really interesting question!<BR/>I don´t think there were any major events, but some episodes with Satanistic graffiti & young people harrowing church yards, tomb stones and such. It was a decade when proclaiming yourself a Satanist was a way of showing how rebellious you were and taking a distance to the establishment. I had some Satanists among my students around ten years ago (1-2 years), and personally I have not come across the phenomenon since then. <BR/>I think there may have been more (and more violent) episodes in Sweden than here. A Swedish crime writer, Willy Josefsson, has also written a novel about Satanism & the Swedish church.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-2848501249975996912009-03-25T17:59:00.000+00:002009-03-25T17:59:00.000+00:00One thing I noted about this book and about Jo Nes...One thing I noted about this book and about Jo Nesbo's "Devil's Star" and Helene Tursten's "Glass Devil," among others, is that quite a number of Scandinavian crime novels concern themselves with Satanism of the fear of Satanism. Was something happening in the Nordic countries for a few years from about the late 1990s to account for this?<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-8373171032485837802009-03-24T16:21:00.000+00:002009-03-24T16:21:00.000+00:00I think most people agree that after a great debut...I think most people agree that after a great debut she has focused too much on Rebecka´s psychological deroute. I really fear that some female writers think modern, Scandinavian femikrimi has to be like that. If readers begin to react against it, I hope we will be able to stop that trend. The most important part of a crime novel ought to be the plot. <BR/>I have her third on my shelf, and I am probably going to read it soon, by the way.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-41160376425600539152009-03-24T12:46:00.000+00:002009-03-24T12:46:00.000+00:00I liked this book a lot, too. I did, however, feel...I liked this book a lot, too. I did, however, feel that the later books by Larsson got very repetitive and unrealistic. She started out well as a crime fiction writer, but sort of lost the plot later on (nu pun intended).<BR/>My favorite character was certainly Anna-Maria Mella, and I would just love to meet her (and see Kiruna, which seems so lovely and interesting)betteskovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737996044604823642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-44954980168253424662009-03-22T12:39:00.000+00:002009-03-22T12:39:00.000+00:00Maxine, I agree that it was quite a relief that Re...Maxine, I agree that it was quite a relief that Rebecka dared give her old friend a ´mental kick´ now and then. I have Larsson´s third or fourth on my shelf from the library, will try to read it before long but I have just begun reading "The Coronor" so I don´t know when I´ll get around to it.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-46055054857919626612009-03-21T17:44:00.000+00:002009-03-21T17:44:00.000+00:00I loved this book - one aspect I liked was Rebecka...I loved this book - one aspect I liked was Rebecka's irritation with Sanna as a theme throughout the book .....quite nice to have a "real" main character who isn't as bland as many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com