The Girl Who Played with Fire
Flickan som lekte med elden
© Stieg Larsson 2006, Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm
Marc Guillou
8 May 2008
The girl who dreamt about an oil tin and a match
I am in the middle of Tome II and it is very hard to get away from reading. The plot is at least as good as in Tome I and Lisbeth Salander is deeply at threat but super Bomkvist is looking after her. Looking forward to know the end!
This series is like a drug. People should be warned before they start reading it!
- Marc Guillou, 9 May 2008
I've just finished the 1rst book, it was awesome. I've never read such a well-plotted, funny, touching and scaring story. i love the main characters and i never get bored at a moment.
For the follow up, i'm sad to be in the UAE during 3 months, i cannot find the french version :(
- vivien, 8 June 2008
Fantastic books, I am reading the second one (french translation), and read all night as I can't put book down. Scary and exciting thrillers....
- Francoise Battin, 24 May 2008
I have just finished reading "The girl with the dragon tattoo' and it is a long time since I have enjoyed a book so much! This is brilliant writing and quite unique. Yet another outstanding Swedish author. The follow up is already at the top of next year's birthday list
- Clive Read, 23 May 2008
It is Hard, Having to wait til 2009 for the further stories of Salander and Bromkvist, And sad to know that there will only be two more,
- John Sjorup, 23 May 2008
Fantastic
I have read 2 out of the 3 books. I had the previlage to do so as I am Swedish and all 3 books have been published in swedish. They are both fantastic!!! can´t wait to start the third one.
You English reading people. Hang on...they are worth waiting for!
- Johanna, 9 February 2008
We already have the translation of the 3 books in french. I have started the second book. Amazing ! Be ready ....
- Nathalie, 20 February 2008
Since few days I read the 2nd one. I also think, that this is really great triology. In Germany the 3rd book was published on march 2008....I like the crime novels about Bloomquist and Salander. These two protagonists are really very special.
- Wendy, 21 Mars 2008
Oh you are so lucky in France and Germany - we have to wait a whole year for the 2nd one :-(
- kgs (Australia), 18 April 2008
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Press comments
"So how does this new novel hold up? Can it live up to all the high expectations? The answer is unequivocally yes. Everything that was impressive about his debut is still there in this sequel: the skilful characterization, the sharp dialogue, the social criticism, the humour and the incredibly suspenseful intrigue. In fact, as far as the latter is concerned I think it’s even better /.../. The question is whether the last and final part of the trilogy will also try to rewrite one of the subgenres of crime fiction in the same inductive, exquisite and loving manner. The plot thickens."
- Svenska Dagbladet
"It’s both funny and exquisite. In a time where tabloids flood the world with pretend news from reality shows or intensify reality to the discordant levels of pollen terror or Eurovision shock, Stieg Larsson’s `reality thriller` comes across as a counter movement. Lisbeth Salander is the coolest of avenging angels, on the run from the house of Big Brother."
- Jenny Tunedal, Aftonbladet
"And when a writer delivers such a complex and fascinating portrayal like that of Lisbeth Salander all we can do is bow down in gratitude. It doesn’t get much better than this."
- Anders Wennberg, Gefle Dagblad
"Stieg Larsson wrote novels that ought to contain all the qualities necessary to have a renewing effect on the Swedish crime genre, but it’s not easy to point out exactly where that newness is to be found. In his use of language and the rapid but never exhausting pace. In his deep knowledge of such a wide range of topics like trafficking, wire-tapping, computer technology and psychiatry. Or is it above all in the highly inductive, upsetting, and gripping portrait of Lisbeth Salander."
- Gerth Ekstrand, Dalademokraten
"The sequel is a cut above last year’s best seller./.../ Stieg Larsson uses a marvellous language. Not even the most finicky fault finder will detect anything out of place, everything simply flows. /.../ I am not exaggerating when I say that Stieg Larsson is the best Swedish crime writer of the decade. And naturally I’m already reserving a copy of the third and final part of the Millenniumserien (Millennium Series)."
- Per Erik Tell, Kristianstadbladet
But better than Guillou, definitely better than Guillou. /.../ It’s full on right from the start. Compact, intense and may it never end, please."
- Arbetarbladet
Hello from Belgium.
The first book of the Millenium series (The Girl with the dragon tattoo) already has a cult status here amongst directors and writers and crime novel-readers. I also indulged in the wit, the elegance and the gunpowder efficiency of Stieg Larssons's plot-twists and dialogue. The second part is out now in a Dutch translation, but I stopped after 5 pages: lost were the spirit, the mood and the calm and controlled chaos of the English flow, it just dus NOT work in Dutch as opposed to the English translation. I found out I'm not the only one. Many of my collegues refuse to read on in Dutch and just quit the book, waiting in vain for the English translation..... The ones who read the first book in English - most of the many people I know (even in France, Greece and the Netherlands) are waiting to read the second part in English. It really shouldn't take so long as januari 2009. Even if you take market-build-up expectancies and the out-hunger-them-tactics for promotional and marketshare increasings (with eventually pre-sales-systems) : it just takes too long.
The books are written. They can be translated and adapted in an intelligent way just like the first one. It should reach audiences this summer: not januari 2009. This is absolutely an editor's or distributor's decision. Of course it could be very real that this is just another battle over author's rights, publishing rights and a whole lot of money waiting on the shelves. Too bad all this doesn't honor the superb work of Stieg Larsson. Footnote: the woman cast for Lisbeth is not Lisbeth. Not in a 1000 year's: a gamble or a mistake? This actress does not embrace the heart and soul, let alone the DNA of Lisbeth Salander. Come on Yellow Bird: movies are about writing and casting, you should know that.
Sincerely, Peter Van Oostende, director
- Peter Van Oostende, 12 June 2008