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Posted by MelissaD on August 26, 2009, 1:27 pm
Susan Hartman wrote:
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> Donna D. wrote:
>> I like to read a lot and I have read through the James Patterson
>> series and Fern MIchaels's sisterhood. Now I am looking for something
>> else. Does anyone know of a good series of books I can start that is
>> thriller suspense? I guess it really don't even need to be a series.
>> Grisham is OK but I wonder what else is out there.
>> The library started a new thing where you can get books from 20
>> different librarys. No Mary Higgins Clark. I read most of here.
>> Thanks
>> Donna
>
>
> I just finished "The Girl Who Played With Fire" (Steig Larsson) this
> weekend and couldn't put it down!
>
> First read "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" to meet characters. That
> one the plot is a little uneven in places (and very convoluted), but
> character development is terrific. Then in the second book, the plot
> just takes off and runs. "Knowing" the characters from the first book
> explains a lot and enhances the reading of the second.
>
> The bad part is, now I have to wait a year for the next one!
>
> Sue
>
>
the worst part is - the author passed away and the 3rd book will be the
last!
Actually it took me a long time to "get into" the Dragon Tattoo but once
I was into the story it kept you involved. Is the Played With Fire book
similar in structure or a bit different?
MelissaD
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on August 26, 2009, 3:17 pm
On 8/26/09 1:27 PM, in article 7fl9kaF2lucgbU1@mid.individual.net,
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> Susan Hartman wrote:
>> Donna D. wrote:
>>> I like to read a lot and I have read through the James Patterson
>>> series and Fern MIchaels's sisterhood. Now I am looking for something
>>> else. Does anyone know of a good series of books I can start that is
>>> thriller suspense? I guess it really don't even need to be a series.
>>> Grisham is OK but I wonder what else is out there.
>>> The library started a new thing where you can get books from 20
>>> different librarys. No Mary Higgins Clark. I read most of here.
>>> Thanks
>>> Donna
>>
>>
>> I just finished "The Girl Who Played With Fire" (Steig Larsson) this
>> weekend and couldn't put it down!
>>
>> First read "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" to meet characters. That
>> one the plot is a little uneven in places (and very convoluted), but
>> character development is terrific. Then in the second book, the plot
>> just takes off and runs. "Knowing" the characters from the first book
>> explains a lot and enhances the reading of the second.
>>
>> The bad part is, now I have to wait a year for the next one!
>>
>> Sue
>>
>>
> the worst part is - the author passed away and the 3rd book will be the
> last!
>
> Actually it took me a long time to "get into" the Dragon Tattoo but once
> I was into the story it kept you involved. Is the Played With Fire book
> similar in structure or a bit different?
>
> MelissaD
This series keeps sounding familiar, maybe I really do need to keep a note
book about what I've read.
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Posted by Susan Hartman on August 26, 2009, 4:20 pm
MelissaD wrote:
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> Actually it took me a long time to "get into" the Dragon Tattoo but once
> I was into the story it kept you involved. Is the Played With Fire book
> similar in structure or a bit different?
>
The second book seems to run on a lot more adrenaline, more plot/action
than character. Character development is primarily in new characters,
and I suspect that having an understanding of the Salander and Blomqvist
back story would enhance the reader's experience. The story unfolds more
quickly in the second book since you don't have to spend time
introducing the major characters. And then it takes off, and you just
hang on and let it carry you away!
It has fewer "knots" than TGWTDT. That book had one knot (storyline
plot) that was unravelled, then made a left turn to switch focus to a
second one. (I remember feeling like, "The story's over, but there's
still 200 pages" and it picked up steam in a whole new direction.)
TGWPWF has just one big, HUGE tangle that gets pulled apart one thread
at a time.
Also, first book focused on him, with her coming to his aid. In the
second book, the roles are reversed.
sue
--
Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by MelissaD on August 27, 2009, 2:40 pm
Susan Hartman wrote:
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> MelissaD wrote:
>> Actually it took me a long time to "get into" the Dragon Tattoo but
>> once I was into the story it kept you involved. Is the Played With
>> Fire book similar in structure or a bit different?
>
>
> The second book seems to run on a lot more adrenaline, more plot/action
> than character. Character development is primarily in new characters,
> and I suspect that having an understanding of the Salander and Blomqvist
> back story would enhance the reader's experience. The story unfolds more
> quickly in the second book since you don't have to spend time
> introducing the major characters. And then it takes off, and you just
> hang on and let it carry you away!
>
> It has fewer "knots" than TGWTDT. That book had one knot (storyline
> plot) that was unravelled, then made a left turn to switch focus to a
> second one. (I remember feeling like, "The story's over, but there's
> still 200 pages" and it picked up steam in a whole new direction.)
> TGWPWF has just one big, HUGE tangle that gets pulled apart one thread
> at a time.
>
> Also, first book focused on him, with her coming to his aid. In the
> second book, the roles are reversed.
>
> sue
>
>
>
>
sounds promising - thanks for the information!
MelissaD
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Posted by Trish Brown on August 26, 2009, 10:24 am
Donna D. wrote:
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> I like to read a lot and I have read through the James Patterson series and
> Fern MIchaels's sisterhood. Now I am looking for something else. Does anyone
> know of a good series of books I can start that is thriller suspense? I
> guess it really don't even need to be a series. Grisham is OK but I wonder
> what else is out there.
> The library started a new thing where you can get books from 20 different
> librarys. No Mary Higgins Clark. I read most of here.
> Thanks
> Donna
>
>
I like Minette Walters.
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Trish Brown
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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>> I like to read a lot and I have read through the James Patterson
>> series and Fern MIchaels's sisterhood. Now I am looking for something
>> else. Does anyone know of a good series of books I can start that is
>> thriller suspense? I guess it really don't even need to be a series.
>> Grisham is OK but I wonder what else is out there.
>> The library started a new thing where you can get books from 20
>> different librarys. No Mary Higgins Clark. I read most of here.
>> Thanks
>> Donna
>
>
> I just finished "The Girl Who Played With Fire" (Steig Larsson) this
> weekend and couldn't put it down!
>
> First read "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" to meet characters. That
> one the plot is a little uneven in places (and very convoluted), but
> character development is terrific. Then in the second book, the plot
> just takes off and runs. "Knowing" the characters from the first book
> explains a lot and enhances the reading of the second.
>
> The bad part is, now I have to wait a year for the next one!
>
> Sue
>
>