The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Rating:

- Not for the squeemish
The mystery of the missing granddaughter was well constructed, interesting and very convoluted. All the details of the corporate conflicts, not so much. The portrait of the small Swedish village and its odd assortment of characters was quite good. The writing style was adequate, but certainly would not qualify as literary. Often the wording was awkward which could be the translator rather than the author.

BUT, anyone who is disturbed by vivid and detailed descriptions of extreme cruelty to people and animals, or by deviant sex, should avoid this book. There is a lot of it, and it is gruesome.

Rating:

- The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo
It did take me a while to get into this book. Once I got hooked it was all over!
I couldn't put it down, not predictable. A look into another countires mores.

Rating:

- These are among the best books I have ever read
I do NOT want these people to leave my world. PLEASE have mercy on us readers and publish the 4th book!!! A total page turner. And what a genius Larsson is! He writes about horrible stuff in a palatable way without watering it down.

Rating:

- Left Me Wanting So Much More...
Shopping for books to read during a lull, I happened to see this book and it immediately caught my attention. So I purchased the book with the intent on reading it immediately, but found myself continuing to put it off for other things.

Finally, I cracked it open and was unable to put the book down- read it during breakfast, lunch and supper and anytime there was time to spare. Immersion was an understatement.

Stieg Larsson created characters that you can believe are real- even Lisbeth. Tough, to the point and meaner than a rattlesnake when backed into a corner, she is the anti-hero of this masterful trilogy. Sure, she does things the reader doesn't like, somehow though, I couldn't help but become thoroughly and utterly immersed in her story. I cheered for her, cried for her, laughed at her, and wanted everything to magically be better for her at the end.

The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage), the second in the trilogy, is equally adictive. I purchased the Kindle versions of these books and dreaded having to recharge my iTouch to continue reading. Am so glad that these books came into my life- some parts are hard to read and difficult to get through, however, it is one of the best Noir type books ever written.

Every character in the book is someone you love completely or hate with a purple passion- but each character is 100% believable and completely developed. The plot is certainly well thought out and stays on track despite the subplots and everything comes full circle in the final book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

Each book was more difficult to put down than the last and I wish there was a whole bookcase full of these Stieg Larsson books! Now that I am through, I don't know what else to read.

I can't believe Stieg Larsson is gone, never to write another wonderful trilogy such as these.

Rating:

- Just ok - rather long for the payoff
Not sure what the big deal is about this book - its just ok. Note that the main topic of the book is a series a gruesome murders of young women spanning 60 years. The author also throws in a brutal rape scene, torture, etc. The original title was something like "the man who hated women." The secondary female character was sort of interesting, but she is another one of these autistic rain man types with various super powers to make up for her social shortcomings. Can't really recommend it. Why do all paperbacks have to be over 600 pages these days - could have been done in 250 easily.

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