The last books I read, The Help and Water For Elephants were stories that dealt with America in the past. This is a definite change because it is not centered in America at all. It takes place in Sweden, probably because it was written by a Swedish author. This makes the book a lot more challenging because a lot of the language and names of places are Swedish or Swedish based. Since I am not familiar with the country, I found myself having to look up the locations of places mentioned in the book. I really enjoyed the authors descriptions of Sweden and the adventures he chooses to take his characters on. I think he adds a lot of depth to his characters.
I can't say that I have read it completely, because I am only about half-way through. From what I can see though, the books starts painfully slow and gets a lot better as you keep reading. The characters in the novel really come alive and I have gotten more and more familiar with them.
I enjoy that this book is kind of like a mystery, or investigation, or at least along those lines. I haven't really ever read a book like this before and it really sparks my interest. It took me a while to really get "hooked" but I can tell you that I have been reading this book a lot lately, aside from the past week due to finals. I chose this book because I had heard a lot of good reviews about and I will be sure to tell you if I recommend it to others, although at the rate its going now, I don't think that I will give it a bad review.
I will be sure to update my review of this book after I finish reading it and I will be sure to repost it.
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