My thoughts on... The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg (Fjällbacka #1)

⭐⭐⭐(3/5)

This has been my first contact with the Swedish crime novel. As you can imagine, I did not read the Stieg Larsson's Millenium saga when it came out in around 2005 because I was actually way too young to read it and I did not feel attracted to it later because I felt it was excessively dark for my taste.

I understand that this is Läckberg's first novel so I excused her that it was very predictable. I liked the story itself though, the mystery kept it interesting. Most important, she used her first book to condemn a social problem (which I can't explain otherwise it would be a huge spoiler). I can only say that she talked about the bad consequences of a belonging to a society that is always worried about what others think.

In this first book we are introduced to Fjällbacka, a summer touristic and fishing location situated in the west coast. So you can immagine I was delighted think about that beautiful landscape in front of the sea. Fjällbacka is where the next books in the saga are going to be settled too. We are introduced to the main characters as well, Erica and Patrik, which will be guiding us through the following books. (There are nine more books if I am not mistaken).

About the Catalan translation: I got my book from my local library so I could read it in Catalan. The translation was a little bit clumsy. The name of the main character, Erica, was written sometimes with a "k". From my point of view the words chosen were not always the best ones, when I studied my Translation degree I was taught that you should always choose the word that is easier for the reader to understand. The building of the sentences did not flow easily while reading either.