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So about those guilty pleasures
Oh snap, in a few days we're leaving for more travelling. PRETTY EXCITED but also kind of nervous. Even though I'm now acquainted with the people I'll be travelling with, it still seems kind of -- ehhh, I dunno'. Just a little bit scary! And the thought of hopping countries the way one would hop small eastern Canadian provinces just blows my mind. Anyway. Stockholm is still lovely, though it's a bit grey today. Well, that's fine with me.
Last night I finally finished the last Millennium novel after waiting ages and ages for it to come out in paperback in Canada. Now I'm left with that "I don't know what to do now" feeling.
Man, am I ever glad that I waited until it came in paperback, so that I could read book two and book three directly after one another. I'd heard that book two ended in a cliffhanger - and it doesn't really, but it isn't neatly tied up either, and if I hadn't read them directly after one another I might have forgotten important details. So glad I made that decision.
I'd been worried that the ending of book three would be unsatisfactory, since I'd heard that the series was supposed to be much longer, but no. The ending was perfect. I'm quite pleased.
Though I won't lie, I wish the fourth book had been finished. My reaction when I heard it was supposed to be set in Canada was kind of like this: "alksdfjkcfjkkdf". Yeah. I kind of wonder "why Canada?" because it seems like kind of a random place, but I'm certainly not complaining about it. It makes me quite happy.
People (mostly relatives) keep asking if I'd recommend these books, though. ... And the answer is 'No'. It isn't that I don't like them (obviously, I do like them). It's that I feel they aren't really all that well-written, and the characters aren't all that believable, and the plot isn't really either. I find them quite enjoyable, mind you, but honestly I find myself kind of embarrassed about liking them so much. This happens especially when I see people going on about how they're so long and unwieldy and seem to have a lot of extraneous stuff.
The thing is, yes. I actually agree about that. They really aren't very tight novels at all, and just when one thinks that it might soon be over because the question of "whodunit" has been solved (I'm thinking mostly of the first book here) there's still one hundred pages left to go. When I think about it, it took me ages and ages to slog through the first parts of the first book as well - because, as one acquaintance put it, so much of it is filled with "tedious Swedish business transactions". I kept thinking to myself "Okay, Bice said this novel is good. When is it going to get good." I'm just glad I didn't give up because it eventually turned out to be entertaining, but were I not so stubborn and if I hadn't put so much weight in my friend's opinion of the book, I might not have.
That said, I think that the first movie was quite a good adaptation. It cut out a lot of the tediousness from the novel and streamlined everything very well, I think. Haven't taken a look at the other two movies yet, though. ... And honestly, I'm not sure what to think of the Hollywood remake. Isn't it a little early for that? The Swedish movies haven't been out for very long. I don't understand!
Last night I finally finished the last Millennium novel after waiting ages and ages for it to come out in paperback in Canada. Now I'm left with that "I don't know what to do now" feeling.
Man, am I ever glad that I waited until it came in paperback, so that I could read book two and book three directly after one another. I'd heard that book two ended in a cliffhanger - and it doesn't really, but it isn't neatly tied up either, and if I hadn't read them directly after one another I might have forgotten important details. So glad I made that decision.
I'd been worried that the ending of book three would be unsatisfactory, since I'd heard that the series was supposed to be much longer, but no. The ending was perfect. I'm quite pleased.
Though I won't lie, I wish the fourth book had been finished. My reaction when I heard it was supposed to be set in Canada was kind of like this: "alksdfjkcfjkkdf". Yeah. I kind of wonder "why Canada?" because it seems like kind of a random place, but I'm certainly not complaining about it. It makes me quite happy.
People (mostly relatives) keep asking if I'd recommend these books, though. ... And the answer is 'No'. It isn't that I don't like them (obviously, I do like them). It's that I feel they aren't really all that well-written, and the characters aren't all that believable, and the plot isn't really either. I find them quite enjoyable, mind you, but honestly I find myself kind of embarrassed about liking them so much. This happens especially when I see people going on about how they're so long and unwieldy and seem to have a lot of extraneous stuff.
The thing is, yes. I actually agree about that. They really aren't very tight novels at all, and just when one thinks that it might soon be over because the question of "whodunit" has been solved (I'm thinking mostly of the first book here) there's still one hundred pages left to go. When I think about it, it took me ages and ages to slog through the first parts of the first book as well - because, as one acquaintance put it, so much of it is filled with "tedious Swedish business transactions". I kept thinking to myself "Okay, Bice said this novel is good. When is it going to get good." I'm just glad I didn't give up because it eventually turned out to be entertaining, but were I not so stubborn and if I hadn't put so much weight in my friend's opinion of the book, I might not have.
That said, I think that the first movie was quite a good adaptation. It cut out a lot of the tediousness from the novel and streamlined everything very well, I think. Haven't taken a look at the other two movies yet, though. ... And honestly, I'm not sure what to think of the Hollywood remake. Isn't it a little early for that? The Swedish movies haven't been out for very long. I don't understand!