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    Europa Blues

    Europa Blues

    Arne Dahl

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    A Greek gangster arrives in Stockholm, only to be murdered in a macabre fashion at Skansen zoo, his...

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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated Mafia Captive in Books

Jul 12, 2018  
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Mafia Captive
Kitty Thomas | 2013
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Okay, so this is one of those guilty pleasure books that will keep you entertained and a little embarrassed that you are entertained.

Things I liked about the book: The psychology behind the main characters, the use of conditioning, and how fast of a read it was.

Things I didn't like about the book: Sexual Assault, Stockholm Syndrome, and the stupidity of the characters.

The book has a different kind of plot and it is very dark compared to other novels that I have read. The main character is kidnapped, held hostage, forced into sexual experiences. This book frustrated me in the fact that BDSM does NOT equal abuse, or rape. Safe, Sane, and Consensual are the three things that don't really make an appearance.
  
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Ali Abbasi recommended Mulholland Drive (2001) in Movies (curated)

 
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
2001 | Documentary, Drama, Mystery
8.3 (15 Ratings)
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"I was completely unprepared when I saw Mulholland Dr. in a small art-house cinema in Stockholm, and it blew my mind. I came out of the movie and just felt like I needed to talk to people and ask questions, like, did you see what I saw? It was huge for me, and it almost felt like, you can’t mess with people like this and get away with it, somebody should do something about it. Usually when American cinema tries to be surreal or nonlinear or non-narrative, it turns either really pretentious or really Hollywood. But David Lynch, in this film but also in general, is probably the only person I know who has succeeded in making his own version of American surrealism."

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Kristina (502 KP) rated Stolen: A Letter to My Captor in Books

Dec 7, 2020  
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
Lucy Christopher | 2009 | Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult (YA)
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Very, very interesting. I had never read anything like Stolen before. An actual letter to your captor, oh how strong you must be to not only write to such a person, but to recall everything that happened to you and write it with such honesty. After reading this, I really hope I never get kidnapped: Gemmy had me starting to like her kidnapper. As she slowly and unconsciously slipped into the Stockholm syndrome, I felt myself slip as well. In fact, by the end, I was rooting for Ty and actually began to like him. Once I finished reading, I couldn't believe I felt the way I did. Even now, I'm still a bit confused about how I should feel about him. Very, very good read!
  
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ClareR (5726 KP) rated The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven in Books

Aug 9, 2022  
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
Nathaniel Ian Miller | 2022 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Arctic has always seemed to me to be a terrifying, forbidding place, which sounds very much like I’m not going to enjoy “The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven”, doesn’t it?
Well, wrong.
Fascination and terror seem to often walk hand in hand in my reading. There’s no way that I’d willingly go to these freezing, inhospitable places, but that’s no reason not to read a novel about it.
And what a novel this is.
Sven, who unsurprisingly comes from Stockholm, has always stood out from others and wants to go to the Arctic to seek adventure. But when he does go he finds himself working in a mine. Back-breaking, dangerous work, that ultimately ends in disaster for him. The result is a face that makes him even more of an outcast. But it also seems to attract the people who will be his friends. People who will help him to learn to live in the frozen north independently: Tapio, the Finn who teaches him to trap animals, shows him what to eat and when to eat it; Charles MacIntyre, a Scottish geologist who helps him to find his way back to life after the accident.

This is all written in the first person, and it really does feel like a personal account. You could be forgiven for thinking it’s a true story - in fact it is a very human story. Sven’s determination to survive and learn to be self-sufficient is touching, funny at times and always life affirming. Sven experiences great highs and achievements, as well as terrible lows.

I’m so glad that I read this.