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Law and Order Ennui

The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith

June 2, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Imagine that some old school British comic sitcom stars decided to take over Saturday Night Live and do the entire episode as a Law and Order spoof. The result I imagine would be something very much like The Department of Sensitive Crimes. I’ve read a few of Alexander McCall Smith’s Lady Detective series, and the tone and style are both similar yet different. The humor is really understated, and the plot and overall style are kind of generally meandering. To quote the inside fly-leaf: “In the Swedish Criminal Justice system, certain cases are considered especially strange and difficult. In Malmö, […]

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Män som hatar kvinnor (Men Who Hate Women)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

September 16, 2018 by KimMiE" 4 Comments

CBR Bingo entry: And so it begins. And BINGO was his name-o! I originally considered reading this novel for the CBR Bingo square “The book was better?” because I have seen both the American and Swedish versions of the film. In fact, I saw them both on the same day. My husband and I went to see the 2011 Hollywood production starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara and appreciated it, so we decided to come home and watch the original Swedish version on Netflix. Because nothing follows up two and a half hours of murder, rape, and religious depravity like two […]

9/16/2018 KimMiE"'s CBR10 Review No:21 |

This man called Ove seems vaguely familiar

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

July 23, 2017 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

Minor spoilers ahead. I suspect everyone has at least one curmudgeon in their life–that grump, that sourpuss, that malcontent who seemed to emerge from the womb yelling, “Turn that damn music down!” In certain hipster circles, they may refer to it as Early Onset Grumpiness. Now, I’m not trying to throw shade at any particular person in my life, but when I asked my husband whether he’d consider driving a Saab if they still made them, I got a ten minute lecture about how Saabs were great cars until GM ruined them, which I’m pretty sure is an actual conversation […]

7/23/2017 KimMiE"'s CBR9 Review No:14 |

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