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Work InformationQuicksand by Malin Persson Giolito (2016)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Ágætis réttardrama. Ung rík yfirstéttarstúlka er dregin fyrir dóm eftir að hafa átt þátt í fjöldamorði. Sagan er sögð eingöngu frá sjónarhorni stúlkunnar og hugleiðingum hennar er hún bíður dóms og á meðan á réttarhöldunum stendur. Þannig er flakkað nokkuð fram og aftur um tímaröð á meðan lesandinn kynnist aðstæðunum sem leiddu til morðanna. Lengi vel veit maður ekki hvað gerðist nákvæmlega og hver var hlutdeild hennar var í glæpnum. Að lokum er svo spurningin hvernig rétturinn dæmir stelpuna út frá fyrirliggjandi sönnunum. Giolito dregur fram félagslegan ójöfnuð og kynþáttafordóma ásamt taumlausu líferni ungmennanna í aðdraganda morðanna en sagan líður nokkuð fyrir hvað framvindan er hæg. This was an unexpectedly complex and thought provoking book. There are no easy answers to the difficult questions it presents, like real life the people and acts are all in shades of gray, but it is engrossing and interesting. My only quibble would be that it may be a little long but since that length mostly served to add depth to the story and characters it is not in any way a big flaw. I think for me the overall story here is about our idea of "guilt" in both the legal sense, which is handled quite deftly and I assume accurately for a Swedish court, and in terms of, for lack of a better term, "real life." We all want answers, definitive and absolute answers when a horrible event has occurred and often that need drives us to hold someone accountable legally. But even outside of the legal questions there are ideas about someone being guilty of causing or not preventing them. Fascinating stuff. I love how Giolito has the voice of Maja, our protagonist, down. The length does allow us to really move along with Maja as she recounts the facts and works through the emotions of this school shooting story. I'm still thinking about some of the issues raised here and that is something I love in fiction.
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"QUICKSAND is an incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice. A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm's wealthiest suburb. Maja Norberg is eighteen years old and on trial for her involvement in the massacre where her boyfriend and best friend were killed. When the novel opens, Maja has spent nine excruciating months in jail awaiting trial. Now the time has come for her to enter the courtroom. But how did Maja, the good girl next door who was popular and excelled at school, become the most hated teenager in the country? What did Maja do? Or is it what she didn't do that brought her here?"-- No library descriptions found. |
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Honestly I still think the show is great, and the book was also good. Some things worked better on screen (Maja's breakdown during the Funeral episode, easily one of the best scenes in the entire show), and some things worked better in the book (more believeable because in the show they definitely sacrificed some of that in favour of a good story, and you know what, I don't mind).
But it's also a very good book. When I first saw the show I was convinced Maja was guilty, but after a rewatch and having read the book I guess she isn't. She is still extremely unlikeable though, but that's the point. She is judgemental and a bit of an asshole, and I never get the feeling reading the book that we're supposed to completely agree with her worldview. At least I hope not, because that's something I like about it.
Not generally into crime books that aren't true crime but I guess I have to give the author's other book (books?) a chance now. ( )