Writing Techniques In Kerstin Ekman's The Black Water

The last thing we all want to do when we are reading a book is flipping the pages back and forth to understand the page you we are reading. Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman, was one of the most interesting and most complicated books I have ever read. Being used to American writing style, it was pretty hard to stay on track with Black Water since it’s a Swedish novel. Being a detective is the last thing I would of have thought of myself. The readers of The Blackwater have become an unlicensed detective. This particular writing includes many mysteries that cannot be solved easily and requires lots of attention. The writing style of this book is way different than the books we are used to reading. Since it’s a Swedish novel and its not something we are used to reading, this book really did challenge its readers in many different ways. The Blackwater gave me a different …show more content…
Most of the books here in the America are written in the “American” writing style which are straightforward, its literally like watching a movie that plays with less or no flashbacks and it 's clear to understand. One of the other reasons that American books are easy to read it 's because of the name, places and many other things that are familiar to us. The way Kamilia Lackberg introduced her characters in the book and how they appeared in the book. One of the best ways to understand the difference between Swedish writing style and American, writing style using a jigsaw puzzle as an example. American writing style is like a jigsaw puzzle that can be solved easily, goes straight forward and easy to put the pieces together in order to get the final picture. The Swedish writing style unlike American writing style is hard to put together. It’s one of those puzzles where our brain might get fried trying to put the pieces together and there is always a nice piece around that we have no idea where it