Patty R. (PattyR) reviewed on 9/15/2010 + 9 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

I really did not enjoy this book. The original title was Men Who Hate Women. There are 3 rape scenes in the book and two are sadistic. This is just not my idea of entertainment.

Also the book is translated from swedish and its so, I don't know, it's off, stiff and full of cliches.

And it was so slow. Hundreds of pages of back story that end up not having anything to do with the crime.

The character were shallow. I didn't really care what happened to them. Apparently, no one can resist this middle aged writer. Women he barely knows want to have sex with him.

Also, the killer lives with a women for years, and she is, what, oblivios or in on it? The writer doesn't even address the fact that he's married. How can his wife not know about this room in the basement. He must have disappeared there for hours. Isn't she the least bit curious about where he is and what he's doing? How can he disappear for hours into a room that she hasn't seen? Does she know what he is up to? Is she frightened into submission? The writer never addresses the wife. Also how can his neighbors not notice him dragging bodies around for 25 years.

The book is boring, poorly written and unrealistic.

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