Mats Strandberg & Sara Bergmark Elfgren, RING. 1. osa

Täna Varraku kodulehel kolades hakkas silma selline raamatututvustus:

„Engelsfors. Kaunis nimi, mõttetu linn. Selle ümber sügavad laaned, kuhu inimesed tihti ära eksivad ja jäljetult kaovad. Ühel ööl, kui kuu on värvunud salapäraselt punaseks, satuvad kuus teismelist tüdrukut vanasse linnaparki. Neil pole midagi ühist. Nad ei tea, kuidas nad sinna jõudsid või miks nad seal on, kuid üksteiseta nad ellu ei jää. Maailma lõpp algab Bergslagenis.
„Ring“ on kogu maailmas laineid lööva noorte fantaasiatriloogia esimene osa.“

Eestikeelne raamat peaks ilmuma veebruarikuus. Amazon.com näitab, et „The Circle“ ilmub 24. juulil 2012. Netis surfates sain selgeks, et teine osa „Fire“ peaks tulema aastal 2012 ning kolmas osa „The Key“ 2013. aastal. Ja juba räägitakse, et see oleks suurepärane materjal ka Hollywoodi filmi jaoks.

Mõned toredad arvustused leidsin ka:

"The other day I got the teenage novel The Circle in my hands. It’s the first part of a trilogy. All teen age books has to be a series – it enables the youngsters to identify themselves from one book to the other. And The Circle is about magic. Naturally. And about teenagers in a small town. “We have heard it before” I muttered to myself and started to read. And I was totally fu…ing blown away.
With The Circle these two authors, Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren, step right into the rather solitary parnassus where the prime Swedish contemporary writers have their home. I have never read a novel for adults that so smoothly reconciles the literary temperaments as The Circle does. Many authors have indeed tried, but moralism has always made them trip on the goal line. I am full of admiration for this skillful, passionate and engaging craftsmanship. And as one sais in situations like this: This is going to be BIG."
Dagens Nyheter

"Apart from the frames which come with the genre, nothing is predictable in this book."
Västerbottens Folkblad

"The authors know how to write a really exciting story. The slightly eerie atmosphere quickly moves over to pure terror, when the witches realize that the whole world’s existence is threatened and that they are not safe. The Circle is a novel that surprises - again and again. I skip both dinner and sleeping in order to know how it goes. All up until the last pages. Then I read very slowly so it won’t end. "
Södermanlands Nyheter

Mulle tundub, et asi vääriks lugemist.