Millennium trilogy
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
The 4th Book
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
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© Stieg Larsson 2007, Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm
Plot summary
Two seriously injured people arrive at the emergency ward of the Sahlgrensa hospital in Gothenburg. One is the wanted murderer Lisbeth Salander who has taken a bullet to the head and needs immediate surgery, the other is Alexander Zalachenko, an older man who Lisbeth has attacked with an axe.
In this third novel in the Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth is planning her revenge against the men who tried to kill her, and even more importantly, revenge against the government which nearly destroyed her life. But first she must escape from the intensive care unit and exculpate her name from the charges of murder that hangs over her head.
In order to succeed with the latter, Lisbeth will need the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist. He is writing an exposing article that will shake the Swedish government, the secret service and the whole country by its foundations. Finally there is a chance for Lisbeth Salander to put her past behind her and finally there is a chance for truth and justice to prevail.
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ya,ya,ya...people get a reality grip...if this character of Lisbeth was real...I would feel great empathy for her, admire her fortitude, but also recoil from her, in that the evil of her life, has also found some home in her person-hood. I can understand her not trying to save the dirt bag in the first triology from burning...but the journalist perspective was the right view to have. Also...whats with fathers & sons wanting to do gross evil on women & daughters, vs love & protect. All the single parent homes w/ absentee jerk father (ironically, breed by some of the same system that embraces Lisbeth ideology) will find a home in both chicks & dudes...howbeit sadly, b/c like them I can so relate! Hey, back to the good dads & bros; yeah I know for keeping the masses entertained... that's way to positive & way to boring...and yes I'm kinda being sarcastic; but is it not true?
In real life...I would try to be Lisbeth's friend, pat her on back for heroic stuff, and try to lead her away from the darkness (which I'm sure would cause her to recoil back from me). All in all...I can see why one would get caught up in the storys, they're very well written & we have righteous anger & a desire for justice for the villians...but Lisbeth is not exactly my role model...only someone after being what through what she has, would command some respect for the good she has done,need a lot of love & whom's dark choices are easily understandable; though not justified.
- Lynne, 31 December 2011
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If lawyers had no problem in compiling an inventory of Zala's estate, how come nobody thought to look inside the property's before Isabel? Inspector Bubble? More like Officer Dibble.
- Martin F, 31 December 2011
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#real talk
- , 26 December 2011
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Cant stop reading it!! Brilliant is an understatement.
- Aradhana, India, 12 December 2011
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Just crossed the 100 page mark in 'The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'... am soooo sad while I'm reading it, as I know this is the final book in the Millennium trilogy, and I really don't want the series to end!
I have the versions published by Quercus. The Knopf version has the title as 'The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest'. So which is the correct one; singular or plural -- hornet's or hornets'?
- Rin, 6 December 2011
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I sooo love Lisbeth Salander's character. . .I've read all three books and I just wish Steig Larsson is still alive and will continue to amuse us with all this crazy, thrilling but surprising plot...Is it really true that they are making an American version movie of this trilogy? ...... =)
- King Mojo14, 30 August 2011
yes they are making the movie in the USA. it actually comes out in December!
- , 19 November 2011
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I read all three books and did not want the third to end. They were thrilling, exciting, breath taking and a wonderful read.
The casting of Noomi Repace was the best thing that ever happened to Swedish TV. She was positively brilliant as Lisbeth. Just perfect edge, humour etc.
- Alison Mordell, 29 August 2011
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WAS IT MENTIONED IN THE BOOK LISBETH WAS PERHAPS AUTISTIC
- ANN, 20 August 2011
I do not believe she was autistic. She was so acutely traumatised that TRUSTING anyone "normal" was not possible and eventually just difficult. That is a normal outcome. Her photographic memory was not necessarily a symptom of Autism although some Autistic kids have very specific extraordinary skills Lisbeth formed relationships with various on the edge characters.
- Alison Mordell, clinical therapist, 29 August 2011
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I looove the trilogy. i really like stieg larsson's books they are my favorite on booklist.
- Leticia, 18 August 2011
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Loved all of the Millennium trilogy books to the point where I can't wait to go to bed so I can carry on reading. Am very nearly finished the Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest but had to force myself to go to sleep last night in order to get up for work today. Read these books, you won't regret it.
- Jules, Cumbria, 16 January 2012