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Snabba cash (The Stockholm Noir Trilogy #1)

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JW är Stureplanskillen som säljer kokain på de hetaste inneställena. Han gör vad som helst för att nå dit han vill.

Jorge är latinon som kan allt om koks och som går i land med en osannolikt tjusig rymning från Österåkeranstalten. Ingen kan k-branschen bättre än han.

Mrado sköter indrivning åt bossen Radovan. Han drömmer om ett bra liv för sig och sin dotter, men det ligger...more

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Published February 23rd 2007 by Månpocket (first published 2006)

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Apr 12, 2013 Ingrid Verschelling rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

"Snel Geld" is het eerste deel in de zogeheten "Stockholm Trilogie".

In sommige publicaties wordt Lapidus met Stieg Larsson en zijn milleniumtrilogie vergeleken. Dat klopt dus helemaal niet. Behalve dat beide verhalen zich in Stockholm afspelen, lijken de boeken verder weinig op elkaar. Lapidus is vele malen rauwer dan Larsson. Bovendien schrijft Lapidus geheel vanuit het perspectief van de 'slechteriken'.

Snel Geld speelt zich vooral af op en rond Stureplan in het hart van Stockholm. Het gaat o...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Tarin Towers rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, anti-heroes, crime, suspense, sweden, sfpl, organized-crime, drugs, threw-it-across-the-room, quit-before-done

I almost never stop reading a book partway through, but 180 pages into this one I decided I was wasting my time. The narrative moves back and forth between three narrators, all of whom could be called anti-heroes, perhaps, except that I never found myself rooting for any of them. Either the writing or the translation has pretensions of slickness and with-it dialogue, but falls short, at least in English. When I read the part about a guy rewarding a "ho" with a complimentary haircut, i.e., "free...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Tony rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: novels, translated-fiction

I'll check out almost any translated crime fiction I come across, since the genre is often much better at providing a window into the everyday society of a place than more literary fiction. This Swedish thriller, however, proved to be an unimpressive, run-of-the-mill journey through an urban underworld, albeit Stockholm, as opposed to LA or NYC. The book follows three men: JW is a small-town Swede who has moved to the big city to reinvent himself as a college playboy, Jorge is a Latino cocaine h...more I'll check out almost any translated crime fiction I come across, since the genre is often much better at providing a window into the everyday society of a place than more literary fiction. This Swedish thriller, however, proved to be an unimpressive, run-of-the-mill journey through an urban underworld, albeit Stockholm, as opposed to LA or NYC. The book follows three men: JW is a small-town Swede who has moved to the big city to reinvent himself as a college playboy, Jorge is a Latino cocaine hustler plotting an elaborate escape from jail, and Mrado is a immigrant Serbian thug who is deeply involved in the "Yugo" mafia. If you need to have a "sympathetic" protagonist in your fiction, this is definitely not the book for you. Each of the men is amoral, and Mrado is much much worse (there are repeated references to his being at Srebrenica), and there's no cop or lawbringer in the book other than some interludes comprised of court documents relating to the action.

Over its 400+ pages, the book slowly draws these three men closer and closer together for a climactic collision -- but along the way it delivers a detailed look at how various parts of the criminal world works. From the coat-check shakedown racket, to high-end prostitution, to dime-bags and international smuggling, it's all in there. The author is a well-known criminal defense lawyer, and clearly has plenty of insider knowledge about a lot of this stuff. Which is good, because it allows him to include reasonably interesting details on the backs of some fairly cardboard characters. Unfortunately, this is sometimes overshadowed by a wildly miscalculated attempt to incorporate far too much detail about brand name attire and high-end cars. I gather that in the original Swedish, the differences in language among characters lent much to the tone of the book, as did the slang and argot. However, in English, it generally comes across like terrible wanna-be American gangsterism. Another reviewer called it an "obnoxious" translation, which just about nails it -- every time some Swedish/Serbian thug would make "mad cheddar" or JW would "rock" a designer jacket just grated like nails on a blackboard.

It's also worth pointing out that the book is not very friendly to women -- most of the female supporting cast are victims (prostitutes, rape victims) or society airheads. On the flip side, each of the three main men also have some kind of female beacon of wholesomeness they cling to: JW's memory of his missing sister, Jorge's sister, and Mrado's daughter. This mainly feels like a cheap gimmick to try and humanize them and try and balance their otherwise poor life choices and amoral lifestyles. Ultimately, despite delivering some decent cheap thrills at times, the book is too long for its own good, and the reader is worn down by spending so much time with so many posturing, awful people. It does end with a kind of feel-good open-ended situation that makes me suspect there's a second book to come.

Note 1: The book has led to a trilogy of Swedish films (Snabba Cash I, II, III) and Zac Efron's production company is looking at maybe doing a US version.

Note 2: The cover of the US edition of the book has a hilarious design fail.The "o" in the titular "Money" has a slash through it, which is a letter that's not actually in the Swedish alphabet!(less)

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Dec 06, 2012 Monica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-and-or-evil, scandinavia

Several reviews have called this book more like James Ellroy than Stieg Larsson, and I think they are right.

This is atypical Swedish noir, set in a Stockholm where thuggish immigrant drug gangs and their enforcers feed the appetites of the wealthy young glitterati for drugs and women, and a large scale police operation is set up to catch them. It is as speedy as a cocaine fuelled binge, and full of all the latest, hippest clubs, fast cars, hot designers and all night orgies.

Each of the three cro...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Tempo de Ler rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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«Easy Money» leva-nos até Estocolmo, ou melhor, ao lado negro da sociedade sueca.
É neste mundo criminoso que ficamos a conhecer Mrado, Jorge e JW. Sim! - desta vez estamos do lado dos «maus da fita», temos acesso aos seus pontos de vista, motivos, discorrimentos lógicos e objectivos.
Numa concepção típica e estereotipada, Mrado seria o gigantone bárbaro (e aparentemente pouco inteligente) que parte tudo o que estiver numa distância imediata e atira...more

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Apr 19, 2012 Vegantrav rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The blurb on the cover of Easy Money promises that it is a "thriller to rival the Stieg Larsson books."

Well, Easy Money is a thriller, and entertaining enough in its own right, but it definitely does not rival the Millennium Trilogy.

Easy Money tells the story three criminals: Mrado, a high-ranking member of a Serbian organized crime ring in Stockholm; Jorge, a lower-ranking cocaine dealer who, after being burned by Mrado, is plotting revenge against Mrado and the other Serbs whose actions put h...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Stijn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

‘Snabba cash’ is a fast-paced story that manages to grab and hold your attention throughout. It uses the popular gimmick of situating the action in a real city (Stockholm) and describes in detail the streets, bars, etc. where the different scenes take place. This makes it easier to identify with the story, even for those among us not familiar with the world of extortionists and drug dealers. Another nice aspect of the story is the description of how one of the main characters, JW, sets up his mo...more ‘Snabba cash’ is a fast-paced story that manages to grab and hold your attention throughout. It uses the popular gimmick of situating the action in a real city (Stockholm) and describes in detail the streets, bars, etc. where the different scenes take place. This makes it easier to identify with the story, even for those among us not familiar with the world of extortionists and drug dealers. Another nice aspect of the story is the description of how one of the main characters, JW, sets up his money laundering mechanism: insightful while not too technical. Overall, the book does a nice job in showing that, no matter what they do, people tend to consider themselves as basically good and fair: we are all very apt at rationalizing our own behavior and at a very basic level drug dealers are no different from people who creatively fill in their tax report or who dump their pets in the asylum in summertime. This way of portraying the main characters (all criminals) definitely adds to the realism and credibility of the story.

The story has a few loose ends: a number of issues that were highlighted earlier in the story are all but ignored during the final pages of the book. For example, the desire of JW to fit into his snobby Stureplan ‘friends’ group – which drives his entire behavior – is not addressed at the closure of the story. Does JW feel sorry that he tried to blend into an environment he would never really belong to? Same thing for his girlfriend Sophie: the outcome of their relationship is virtually ignored (it gets one sentence).
Although the novel positions itself (not in the least by the bio of the author as a lawyer) as realistic, it does contain quite a few weak spots in this respect. Of course, it’s a story and 100% realism is not the goal, but a story should always be internally consistent: within the universe it creates, things should be logical and acceptable. This is not always the case. For example, the fact that Jorge – a drug dealer from Chili – walks around undisturbed on a secret sex party attended by middle-aged Swedish industrialists is hard to believe. Especially because it is stressed throughout the novel that foreigners are treated as second rate citizens in (the trendy clubs of) Stockholm. Stylistically, the book is good. The chapters alternate between the different main characters and the different storylines nicely converge towards the end of the book. The idea of interleaving the story with police reports is nice although I guess nobody truly believes that detectives would write such things.
Overall, an entertaining crime story as seen the eyes of the criminals themselves.
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Jul 28, 2011 Mika rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: ruotsalaisista rikoskirjoista kiinnostuneille

Shelves: rikos

Lapiduksen nyky-Tukholmaan sijoittuva melko todentuntuinen rikosromaani lähestyy alamaailman hylkiöitä ja pomoja neljältä taholta.

Tapahtumia tarkastellaan Johan Westlundin elin JW:n, serbimafiosokapteenin Mradon, chileläissyntyisen vankikarkurin Jorgen sekä poliisin näkökulmista.

Alkusysäyksen tarinaan antaa JW:n sisaren katoaminen, joka johtaa veljen serbimafian jäljille. Johan on maalaispoika, joka haluaa päästä hengailemaan Stureplanin kulmille pohattojen kersojen kanssa. Samalla hän opiskele...more Lapiduksen nyky-Tukholmaan sijoittuva melko todentuntuinen rikosromaani lähestyy alamaailman hylkiöitä ja pomoja neljältä taholta.

Tapahtumia tarkastellaan Johan Westlundin elin JW:n, serbimafiosokapteenin Mradon, chileläissyntyisen vankikarkurin Jorgen sekä poliisin näkökulmista.

Alkusysäyksen tarinaan antaa JW:n sisaren katoaminen, joka johtaa veljen serbimafian jäljille. Johan on maalaispoika, joka haluaa päästä hengailemaan Stureplanin kulmille pohattojen kersojen kanssa. Samalla hän opiskelee, ajaa taksia ja myy kolaa.

Toinen keskeisimmistä hahmoista on legendaarisen vankilapaon tehnyt pikkunilkki ja huumediileri. Hän on joutunut serbimafian vuoksi lusimaan ja sitten onkin koston aika. Jorgen henkilöhahmossa tiivistyy niin monesta tarinasta tuttu takaa-ajettu, joka kuin ihmeen kaupalla pääsee tasaamaan tilejään.

Kolmas tekijä, jonka näkökulmasta kertomusta päästään seuraamaan, on kovan luokan torpedo ja mafiaveli vastuualueenaan narikat ja muut toisen luokan rahanpesuhommat. Hän on katkera kummisetä Radovanille ja entiselle vaimolleen. Silmäterä on pikkutyttö Lovisa, jota sikaniskainen tunteeton bodari hellii omituisesti. Tarkoituksena on varmaan näyttää, että karun kuoren alla voi kaikesta huolimatta olla rakastava isä ja toivoa paremmasta huomisesta.

Se neljäs näkökulma on poliisin, ja tarkemmin virallisen kuuloiset muistiot järjestäytyneen rikollisuuden tehotarkkailusta ja muutamien oikeudenkäyntien tuomiot perusteluinen sekä tarkkailuryhmien pöytäkirjaotteet.

Kaiken kaikkiaan kirja on rikoskirjallisuudesta ja Tukholman lähiöiden ongelmista kiinnostuneilla hyvää lomaluettavaa. Tarina pitää hyvin otteessaan ja näkökulman vaihtuvat tarpeeksi ripeään ja kertomus soljuu hyvin notkeasti eteenpäin. Miinuksena tässäkin kirjassa on poliisien saamattomuus ja osaamattomuus liiankin monessa kohtaa. Remesmäisesti aina viime tipassa jepet jäävät nuolemaan näppejään eikä kukaan tunnu osaavan puuttua lähes avoimesti rehottavaan huumebisnekseen ja suurbileisiin, joihin ottavat osaa niin bisnesmaailman kihot kuin prinsessatkin.

Romaanista on tehty myös elokuva. Se on surkeaa katseltavaa, eikä tarinan draamallinen jännite kestä ollenkaan. Kirjassahan se liittyy olennaisesti JW:n siskon murhamysteeriin, ja lopussa palaset loksahtavat paikoilleen. Pitkälti käsivaralta kuvatussa pätkässä palikat ovat hukassa. Kirjan bodarit ovat käyneet harvakseltaan salilta, Jorge hyppää ensi töikseen pakoon linnasta, ja tarinaan on hankala päästä sisälle lukematta kirjaa.
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Jun 12, 2013 BaiLing rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Awful, terrible, horrible Chinese translation. Can’t concentrate on story itself. I should have quitted it as I started the first three pages a couple of days ago.
It’s a little bit too late to put it away since I've endured 288/504 pages. Will get it DONE maybe two more days. (June, 9)

Very bad translation makes the story worse.
"You were good since you didn't give it up though you flipped most pages until the end." I told myself.

想要躋身上流社會的年輕人，一個拉丁美洲移民的黑道小咖，塞爾維亞黑幫好幾個狠腳色…。共通點是在斯德哥爾摩賣毒品快速賺大錢。其間牽涉到如何...more Awful, terrible, horrible Chinese translation. Can’t concentrate on story itself. I should have quitted it as I started the first three pages a couple of days ago.
It’s a little bit too late to put it away since I've endured 288/504 pages. Will get it DONE maybe two more days. (June, 9)

Very bad translation makes the story worse.
"You were good since you didn't give it up though you flipped most pages until the end." I told myself.

想要躋身上流社會的年輕人，一個拉丁美洲移民的黑道小咖，塞爾維亞黑幫好幾個狠腳色…。共通點是在斯德哥爾摩賣毒品快速賺大錢。其間牽涉到如何運毒，銷貨，娼妓，有錢子弟的毒品趴，洗錢，黑吃黑，復仇……。

看得很累。題材晦暗是原因，500多頁的書太厚也是原因，更重要的原因是──翻譯的手法……，真想要問，是原著就玩這種說話不成句的遊戲，還是譯者的中文有問題？下列舉例說明：

他們在購物中心見面。荷黑在那裡感覺就像回家。室內通道、正常的專櫃：H & M、(刪掉)……。
《看到沒，看到沒？居然可以沒有逗點就馬上句點地寫文章，而且通篇都是如此。如果要把例子通通抄下來，簡直就是另一本起碼400頁的書。》

荷黑：城內最快樂的毒販。
《譯者的標點符號得重修才行，超愛到處用「冒號」。一開始還以為是角色在講話，搞半天居然是「解釋名詞式」的翻譯法。哪個時候開始，譯者的工作居然是負責寫出得讓讀者自己在腦中重組句子的文章？》

可能的原因：他們知道有人要驗貨，(刪掉)……。弱──荷黑才沒那麼好抓。
《請看塗黑的部分！咦~~這是哪門子的「寫作」啊！》

這是一次痛苦的閱讀經驗，我應該在翻看前三頁的時候就打退堂鼓。好在100頁不到時，就展開長年累積的輕功閱讀法─眼睛以「之」字型快速瀏覽每一頁，大致知道故事在幹嘛就行了。即便如此，還是頗後悔在288頁的時候不該又說服自己繼續撐下去。

看完了看完了看完了一本中文文法、標點符號、語句都奇差無比的大‧爛‧書！！！
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Apr 09, 2013 Joan García rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

Mi opinión respecto a este libro, es que sobran muchísimas paginas, te pasas prácticamente todo un libro conociendo los personajes, simplemente información y mas información que no te lleva a ninguna conclusión simplemente ver como es cada uno, encima a mi al menos, solo me resultaba interesante JW, por lo que era leer un capitulo interesante y dos que me dormía palabra a palabra, no obstante al final mejora considerablemente, puede que la segunda parte si esta mas sumergida en el mundo que mues...more

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Dec 13, 2010 Boekenbuzz.nl rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Stockholm... een verleidelijke stad waar de decadente bovenwereld en de rauwe onderwereld van Zweden nauw met elkaar verbonden zijn. Hier kruisen de wegen van drie jonge criminelen elkaar. Mrado is een Joegoslavische huurling die met geweldpleging zijn geld verdient, geld dat hij nodig heeft om de voogdij over zijn dochtertje te krijgen. Jorge is een slimme drugsdealende latino, net uit de gevangenis ontsnapt en eropuit om degenen die hem verraden hebben terug te pakken - alleen heeft hij geen c...more

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Aug 24, 2010 Dalleer rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have to say the same as many of the other Swedish readers of this book have stated before me- it is really hard to let it out of your hands once you start reading it.

I also must state that the idea of using Stockholm and its' suburbs as the location of an intriguing mixture of lies, drugs, deceit and the various levels of the Swedish society plays itself out very well.

Snabba cash was my first Jens Lapidus' book. I read it in about a week, and I even bought the second part called "Aldrig fucka...more

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Apr 28, 2013 ★Loredana★ rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bollettino di metà lettura 22-05-2009: Libro descritto come "un nuovo, grande thriller"; sono a oltre la metà... di thriller ancora non ci ho visto nulla... lo finirò giusto perchè devo almeno capire "che vuole dire"... ormai è un duello fra me e lui, e non sarò io a mollare... e poi non si può criticare (nello specifico,leggi "stroncare") un libro senza prima averlo letto tutto... sarà una piccola ricompensa, e anche una bieca ripicca per la perdita di tempo.
Aggiornamento di fine lettura 28-05-...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Minty McBunny rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A Finnish friend who recommended some authors I now love (Liza Marklund, Henning Mankell) suggested this book, so I gave it a shot. It was painful. The stylized writing was irritating and the story was a very run of the mill dug running/gangster tale. I read that it is being made into a movie, I don't see how it will be any good. I figured out who the girl at the beginning was and who took her less than halfway through. I struggled through the entire story hoping there would be some big twist at...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Martin Karlsson rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a book that received a great deal of media coverage when it was released. I did however have a massive backlog of books I wanted to read before I was ready for this so it has been waiting for me for quite some time. This however gave me a chance to read it outside of the review spotlights taking out its toll on my perception of the book.

The story is about a young man hunting for the good life and fast cash in the coke driven parts of high society Stockholm. It is a crime/gangster drama s...more

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May 01, 2012 Joe rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is listed as yet another rival to Steig Larsen. This is at least the fifth book so advertised and by far the worst of the pretenders.. I am also a bit concerned that the author is listed as a criminal defense lawyer who represents some of Sweden's most notorious criminals. Really? The writing style is unusual and annoying starting sentences with verbs, run on sentences etc. The style is possibly intentionally manic, but disconcerting. There is nothing or no one to like associated with...more

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Mar 19, 2011 rameau rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: scandinavian, finnish-translation, book-film-show, read-in-2011

Well written crime thriller that was difficult to put down when the pace of the events quickened. My only problem was and still is that the underlying plot tying the trilogy together (or so I'm assuming after reading this first book) relies on a character I can't stand.

All the lead characters are bad boys and not just good boys pretending to do bad things; they are criminals. Killers, abusers and drug dealers. Everyone has their reasons and logic, their limits and weaknesses, but somehow I ende...more

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May 21, 2012 Phil rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries

Stockholm has changed considerably since I was last there. Something has gone terribly wrong in the Social Democratic society, with an ugly criminal underground made up of dangerous opportunists.

Is it better than the Millennium Trilogy? I do not know. In the former it seems to be "Sven" versus "Sven," whereas in Lapidus' book it is a criminal immigrant stratum versus other criminal immigrant stratum versus "Sven."

I felt the tension constantly, growing in a crescendo to something all too predicta...more

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Feb 03, 2013 Helena R-D rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had seen this in my local bookstore, but never picked it up. Ironically, I ended up in Goteborg and picked up a copy.

I was blown away by EVERYTHING in this book. The conflicts, the characters, the settings were pitch perfect. I strongly recommend this book as an anti-dote to the Swedish mysteries as a good portrayal of how the other half lives. Gritty and sometimes too violent, it was a quick read that kept me turning pages and was a god send on a 28 hr bus ride from Goterborg to Paris.

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Sep 07, 2012 Alain Dewitt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

I really wanted to like this book. I had heard good things about it (and about the movie adaptation starring one of my favorite up-and-coming actors, Joel Kinnaman) and yet it fell short.

The plot was adequate. Nothing special, but serviceable (even if the twist at the end becomes pretty obvious about halfway through). The writing style is reminiscent of James Ellroy (one of my favorite authors). Something that would have been obvious with Lapidus' use of short, punchy sentences, without the Ellr...more

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Aug 18, 2012 Rick rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: scandinavian-crime-fiction

It was a book written entirely from the perspective of the criminal. The cops are present but never defined as characters. Lapidus develops several interesting characters: JW the poor Swedish youth who wants to be someone he isn't; Jorge, the cocaine dealer who wants revenge and Mrado, the Yugo mobster who is a brutal killer. The book doesn't have a happy ending.

I was disappointed that some loose ends weren't sorted out. What about JW's girlfriend Sophie Pihl? What about the Yugo crime boss and...more

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Mar 07, 2013 Wilde Sky rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Set in Stockholm this book follows 3 main characters (each driven by a desire for revenge / money) as they progress through the criminal underworld and their lives intertwine.

There were many different styles (both in terms of text and viewpoint – such as the court proceedings) which I found distracting. The overall style of the book (which may have been because of the translation) came across as second rate gangster.

Not a really bad book but I wouldn’t bother looking for any others by this autho...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Sarah rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-adult-fiction

I had to read this book for a Swedish literature class at university, but already after a couple of pages, I decided this book was nothing for me. Perhaps I'm too girly to enjoy a book about cocaine dealing and beating eachother up?
However, I had bought this book and therefore decided to finish it. Now I have read it all, I can say that I still don't like this book: short sentences, predictable plot, cliché characters that didn't appeal to me in any way whatsoever. Whereas Stieg Larsson created...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Kevin rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Every Scandinavian writer these days is called "the next Stieg Larsson", which is annoying. As much as I like Larsson's books, and would love to have seen what he might have done had he not died, it's really only possible to draw some surface comparisons between this book and Larsson's. Essentially, this book exposes a scandal that sweeps through several layers of society and "Swedes who should know better," but then, if that's the only comparison to Larsson, you may as well call it what it is:...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Lars rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, crime, thriller

[english]
The first part of Jens Lapidus' Stockholm crime trilogy, "Easy Money" suffers from an excess of style and a lack of substance. The novel looks at organized crime in Stockholm from three angles, that of an ex-con, mob henchman and up-and-coming dealer, but never do these characters become three dimensional. Lapidus' writing style is fast paced, snappy and witty but the story and its characters leave a lot to be desired. It's all just a bit dull. And a thriller that isn't thrilling, now t...more

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May 14, 2011 Erik rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, own

[Dutch]
Scandinavische schrijvers zijn hot. De populariteit van Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Kerstin Ekman en vele anderen is ongekend. Maar zeker in het genre van de thriller en detectiveroman spelen zij al jaren een toonaangevende rol. Maj Sjöwall en Per Wahlöö waren tenslotte al grote namen in dit genre toen een zekere Jens Lapidus nog geboren moest worden.

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Aug 21, 2011 BoekenTrol rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: bookcrossing, books-and-movies, books-i-own, crime-thrillers-espionage, dutch_language, 2011

Totally against my usual way of doing, I saw the movie to this book before I read it. And, I ust say, that seeing the move made me doubt whether I shoud read it al all.
Not read book that I bought (for me) is not done, so I started ayway. And I ust admt, that I liked the book better than the movie. The memory of the latter did not really last long, so it was almost like I read it 'like nothing happened before'.

I liked the book. It is mixing different storylines, characters who make deals and be...more

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Apr 30, 2012 Petr rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Snadný čtení... Příběh o tom, jak to chodí ve velkoměstě na ose zlatá mládež - drogoví dealeři - gangy. Tím velkoměstem je náhodou Stockholm, ale mohla by to být jakákoli jiná evropská metropole včetně Prahy (a Pavel Verner, budiž mu země lehká, by to napsal velmi podobně jako Lapidus). Lehce se to přečte a lehce pustí z hlavy, ideální page turner do vlaku. Dobrý překlad. Bonus: pěkně vykreslená některá méně běžná prostředí, zejména kultura posiloven. A pojetí mužné cti mezi „jugoši“.

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Apr 09, 2013 Heidi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Luin tämän pikavauhtia vinkkausta varten, lauseen sieltä, toisen täältä, lähinnä nähdäkseni jutun juonen ja tyylin. Ihan ok kirjahan tämä olikin, vaikkei alkuunkaan minun genreäni. Varmaan ensimmäinen rikolliskirja, jonka olen olen edes aloittanut -saati lopettanut. Tarina ja henkilöt olivat mielenkiintoisia ja uskottavia ja raotus rikollisjärjestöjen sielunelämään pohjoismaissa oli avartavaa. Ehdottomasti vinkattavaksi.

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Jul 06, 2012 Meave rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Not bad. Snappy. About as concerned with the social ramifications of modern crimes in Sweden as any other Swedish crime novel, but incorporates the discussion a little more organically than the standard "chunk of philosophy before the denouement."

The language is odd, but the story's pretty compelling. My compulsion to know what happens means I am dying to read the rest of the series, when those books are translated.

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