Rant-review: Camilla Läckberg (mild spoilers for the Fjallbacka series)
Camilla Läckberg is a Swedish writer of crime books. I read the first one and loved it: "She's a writer, he's a policeman. Together, they fight crime!"
Except in the second book she gets pregnant and does nothing but complain about her pregnancy and her annoying guests and her sister. And in the third book she gets post-partum depression so she complains about the baby and her mother-in-law (her sister does not return her calls so she doesn't complain about her much). And in the fourth book they get married so she complains about her weight, the weeding preparations and her sister's depression. She also complains that Patrick is never at home when she needs him in those three books.
Then it turns out he cannot tell her about the cases he's investigating so she doesn't get to solve anything.
So now, instead of reading a sort of Swedish Castle I'm reading a book about this policeman, who is married, and his colleagues at the police station while they solve crimes (or sabotage the investigation, it depends on the colleague in question).
I like the books but I'm very disappointed because the first book points in a completely different direction and now Erica helps nothing with the investigations, not even when her own baby is attacked.
The clifhanger leading to the fifth book seems to fix that a bit, but I'd bet that while Erica investigates her mother, Patrick will lead his team in an unrelated "murder of the week".
It's a pity because I really like the books: the characters are always described psychologically, they all get their own pages with their POV, the pacing is good, everything is explained at the end and I do like to read about this small sea-side town overrun with tourism in summer. I will keep reading, but I wish there was more Erica in the books, like in the first one.
Except in the second book she gets pregnant and does nothing but complain about her pregnancy and her annoying guests and her sister. And in the third book she gets post-partum depression so she complains about the baby and her mother-in-law (her sister does not return her calls so she doesn't complain about her much). And in the fourth book they get married so she complains about her weight, the weeding preparations and her sister's depression. She also complains that Patrick is never at home when she needs him in those three books.
Then it turns out he cannot tell her about the cases he's investigating so she doesn't get to solve anything.
So now, instead of reading a sort of Swedish Castle I'm reading a book about this policeman, who is married, and his colleagues at the police station while they solve crimes (or sabotage the investigation, it depends on the colleague in question).
I like the books but I'm very disappointed because the first book points in a completely different direction and now Erica helps nothing with the investigations, not even when her own baby is attacked.
The clifhanger leading to the fifth book seems to fix that a bit, but I'd bet that while Erica investigates her mother, Patrick will lead his team in an unrelated "murder of the week".
It's a pity because I really like the books: the characters are always described psychologically, they all get their own pages with their POV, the pacing is good, everything is explained at the end and I do like to read about this small sea-side town overrun with tourism in summer. I will keep reading, but I wish there was more Erica in the books, like in the first one.