"On Dead Women in Crime Fiction"
It has come to my attention that people are grumbling about how Swedish crime writers murder piles of women in their books. As a Swedish author of crime fiction, I instinctively want to raise my hand and call out, "Not me! Not me!" It's a problem that I've always carefully considered.
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1 comment:
I agree with her, that it's about building sympathy for the victim so the protagonist has a more noble quest. It's also an excuse for lazy writing at times, since the sympathy here is so automatic.
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