[ SECRET POST #3200 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3200 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Re: OP

[ketita]

I was so happy when I read the books without knowing the background. I did actually enjoy them a lot, for all their flaws, and I thought Lisbeth was awesome (less excited about Blomkvist), and I actually appreciated the way that it showed the crimes against women. Unlike, say, Jo Nesbo, which are crime procedurals and there's something really skeevy and voyeuristic about how it's always these women getting killed in ~horrible ways~.

But having all the context and background for the books kind of pushes it from being books that I enjoyed that have some iffy elements to something kind of uncomfortable.
I definitely am not sure I want to read any continuations. I liked where the trilogy stopped.

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[replicantangel]

They're definitely page-turners. Most of my issues with the trilogy have to do with the writing itself - a heavier hand with editing would have gone a long way with the first book in particular. And I did like Lisbeth a lot overall. (Blomkvist was done a great service by having Daniel Craig play him.) My main non-writing issue with the books is like I mentioned above, but I agree - the only real torture-porn stuff is actually against Blomkvist and less so the crimes against the women. Those are portrayed unflinchingly without making a spectacle of them.

I like where the trilogy stopped too. (Although I literally laughed aloud at the idea of not-Daniel-Craig Blomkvist making a good match with a former Olympian.) On the other hand, in the hands of another writer, the creepy background stuff would get scrubbed off, at least a bit. It might be a borrowing-from-a-friend sort of read. If it even happens, of course.