The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Män som hatar kvinnor
© Stieg Larsson 2005, Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm
ISBN 9781847243492
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone from her own deeply dysfunctional Vanger clan. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomqvist is hired to investigate.
Beth Sawatzky
30 September 2008
Started it in Rome finished in Vancouver!
I have never read such a long book in one sitting, I literally did not put it down. I started it on my flight from Rome to Vancouver I read it continuously except for bathroom breaks, transferring between plaines, and eating. This is by far the most thrilling read I have had in ages. Lisbeth is an original! This is a female character who goes beyond all the stereotypes of the 'good girl' detectives!I cannot wait until the other two become available in English. I will have them sent to me in California!
"Hanna"
28 August 2008
Absolute page turner!
I have just finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and I have to say it's an absolutely incredible book with such a good mix of suspense, mystery and passion, that it is almost impossible to put down.
I have only one complaint, and unfortunately it really bothered me. I am Swedish but for many years now I have been living in Ireland, and it is the English translation which, although for the most part very well worded, was a real letdown. I have to agree with a previous review in that wording was sometimes unsuitable, sometimes even incorrect. I was deeply disappointed by way Reg Keeland chose to translate certain words and expressions from Swedish to English, because it really does scar the otherwise flawless story. It seems to me that either he was in a real hurry and these errors were never spotted, or his knowledge of the Swedish language is not quite as in-depth as it ought to be for translating a literary masterpiece such as this. I really wish I had read the original Swedish version, and that's what I am going to do now. I only hope for the sake of the people who don't speak Swedish, that the second and third books are translated with more care.
That said, I'd like to finish this revew on a positive note, this is a truly riveting read and I would highly recommend it to anyone. I can't wait to read the second part!
Tanya Bell
8 May 2008
Bring on the girl who played with fire!
AS technology advances and via the internet we enter people’s lives without leaving our homes so too are we distanced from knowing our neighbors and seeking what lurks behind the darkened windows of the quiet guy down the street. In "The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo" Stieg Larsson shows us that our closest neighbors may not be the quiet types we thought, the internet really is an information super highway and occasionally the pretty young female is not merely a victim.
Mikael Blomkvist has been convicted of libel and his magazine Millennium is struggling to stay afloat. Lisbeth Salander, a young Private Investigator, is endeavoring to keep her temper in check and stay out of harms way; a constant refrain to herself ‘analyse consequences’ speaking volumes. Henrik Vanger an aging industrial tycoon, whom the story centres around, obsesses over the 37 year old mystery of his missing niece. Some imaginative investigating by Salander and a couple of burnt corpses later Blomkvist shed’s some light on the case of the missing Vanger girl but, he still needs to clear his name and Salander may have a few tricks up her sleeve, continuing the tale of thrills and intrigues.
Larsson’s first foray into crime writing is reminiscent of another much older thriller, "The Collector" by John Fowles and perhaps will incite a similar cult audience. The main stage for capture and torture presented in both novels is equally disturbing; the average country neighborhood is not as average as one might suppose; the victims at the mercy of a run of the mill, respectable, middle aged captor. However where Fowlers unnerving story abruptly ends, leaving only your imagination to run wild, Larsson comes up trumps with the titillation of two more installments.
Skillfully addressing many modern day issues Larsson’s minor characters add to the thrill of the plot. Salander’s tormenting guardian asking her "so you don’t like anal sex?’ before grabbing her by the hair and stuffing her knickers in her mouth" one graphic example of the brutally dealt with issue of violence against women. Introducing the idea that women are not always defenseless Salander later stands her ground repeating the guardian’s earlier sentiment "stop whimpering, if you complain I will have to punish you."
Jumping from one character to the next several questions are raised and left unanswered, adding to the mystery and often feeling like a glitch in the plot, but perhaps it is the enticement needed to pursue these characters into the next installment of this provocative trilogy.
Finishing the novel became the focus of my week, the griping story keeping my eyes firmly fixed to its pages. Living up to its promise, I was left wanting more. Larsson weaved many characters and details into 500 odd pages without any real dull moments and has achieved a great read that will surely secure a worthy following. Bring on January 2009 and the release of the next English installment "The Girl who Played with Fire."
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...What amazing book. Great reading - addictive material from start to finish, I was left wanting more.In fact, I finished the book approx. 9.30pm last Sunday ( 21.06.09) went straight to night book shop looking for the sequel "The girl who played with fire" I'm now reading it, can't put it down.
- Miney, Geneva - Switzerland, 25 June 2009
AWESOME!!!!
- Karin Weavill Harrismith South Africa, 21 June 2009
Clearly a masterpiece!
- Anastasia/ Paris France, 5 June 2009
it is just aweesomeeee, please writers use this master piece as inspiration...and you reader, if you are unsure either buy this book or not..don't think about it anymore, just walk away and go buy it right away...
- seba, 4 June 2009
Please, please, please add a copy of the map of Hedeby to the website. I understand there were maps included in the Swedish edition. I can't find the image online anywhere. Thanks!!!
- Stephanie Ennis, 3 June 2009
Read the first book -lady with the dragon tattooo... Awsome.. I found it so hard to keep the book down ... So much it pushed me till the end... Stieg Larsson .. a great story teller of the millenium... We miss him and Lisbeth Salanders forth coming adventures tooo... Any way salutes to his Creativity!!
- Sivaprasad Madhusoodhanan - Kollemcode - T.N- Inida, 25 May 2009
I have just finished reading the book and it is so gripping that I had to finish it, before I could put it down. The whole weekend- thank God it was a bank holiday weekend- was spent reading and lying on the sofa dying to find out what happens in the end- And Cant wait to read the other two books!!!
- Aradhana, India, 22 May 2009
I have just finished reading the book and it is so gripping that I had to finish it, before I could put it down. The whole weekend- thank God it was a bank holiday weekend- was spent reading and lying on the sofa dying to find out what happens in the end- And Cant wait to read the other two books!!!
- , 22 May 2009
I can't wait to see the movie now!
This book is excellent!
- Frank from The Netherlands, 12 May 2009
Just finished reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Excellent book ...great story... believable characters. Too bad the author died before he got the accolades due him. Will certainly read the next two.
Tried to get this book months before our library had it. Am puttng in an order for next one today!
- Claire P. NH, USA 4/27/09, 27 April 2009
The book is fantastic! can't believe that the portuguese version of the second book will be released only in ?!. What i'm going to do until that?
- Frederico, Porto Alegre, 3 April 2009
I finished the first book an hour ago and wonder what I am going to do until July for the US release of book2. I was so hooked for the past 24 hours and my kids have made numerous comments about my addiction! It is really what the first book is... The plot is great and the characters are intriguing and touching. If you love mystery books, you will not be disapointed in this one!
- Aurelie, Los Angeles, 30 Mars 2009
Friend from work, knowing that I love mystery/thriller novels, recommended this book and I read it while I was at cottage. This book really catches you from the beginning to the end! Larsson really knew how to make every character and Hedestad/Hedeby island alive. It's so shame he started to write fiction so late and never even lived to see his (rightfully earned) fame. Next I'm gonna get my hands to "The Girl That Played With Fire".
- J.T. Luotonen, 29 Mars 2009
Larsson combines great characters with a closed borders murder case. The combination between Lisbeth Salander and Kalle Blomkvist is thrilling and the personality balance accurate. Although the author tends to explain a little bit too much the technological stuff, the ambience and surroundings are very good managed. Män som hattar kvinor is a book I'd recomend basically to jounalists (so devaluated now a days in Latin America) and thriller book's fans.
- gustavo garduno, 9 Mars 2009
I got the tip from my aunt, who lives in Denmark. Bought the book, laid it aside for a while. But once I start reading, couldn't stop. I think it will become a succes in Holland as well. Looking forward to the movie in mai.
- Gitte Niessen, Veenendaal, Holland, 8 Mars 2009
The only negative thing I could say about this book that I found distracting was some spelling errors. Having spent two weeks proof-reading SOPs for the armed forces, I automatically proof-read everything.
I read this book over two days. As others have said, it is riveting. I read the last 350+ pages at one go, starting at 0230 in the morning. Definitely recommending this to friends. I have pre-ordered the second book which will come out in Canada mid-summer.
- J. T. Cameron, 1 Mars 2009
Fantastic, I could not put it down and have just ordered the second one
- Edwin Hopwood, 27 February 2009
Wow!
I was interested the book because of the 'author recommendations' on the back cover. Every one of them is a must-read mystery/crime writer for me. Still, this book was an unexpected delight and met my highest expectations for a mystery thriller.
I just finished reading it virtually non-stop cover to cover (at least this first time through). I'm ordering the second one now, but will let some time pass before I savor it, as I know there are only the three novels in this series.
- Steve Slaght- Cupertino, California, 18 February 2009
I was enthused over this book. Great reading. Now i´m
waiting for a second one in czech.
- Standa, Prague, 17 February 2009
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is a silly title. Män som hatar kvinnor is the swedish titel and the one that Stieg Larsson wanted. (Men that hates women)
- Fredrika, 16 February 2009
I dont like the title in english, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, the one in swedish is better. Män som hatar kvinnor. Den är mycket mer explosiv. Så det så! :-)
- Hanna, 16 February 2009
Great book but agree with some of the comments about the translation. Swenglish words like plugging (studying) aren't fun to read.
- Susan, Ireland, 14 February 2009
Really enjoyed the book. I accept the points about the translation but to be honest there were only a few occasions when the prose was a little stilted. Great plot and anti-heroine. Really refreshing to read a book with such an interesting and flawed female lead.
- Gill Walton Northumberland, 31 January 2009
I love "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", and I wish Stieg Larsson could have lived and shared more of his writing with us. It is a fabulous book and very encouraging to women who have been abused.
- Mary Childers, 30 January 2009
I just readed this book (yesterday): wonderful! Espero empezar mañana el segundo y la traducción ya al español!!!
- Marta, Barcelona, 24 January 2009
I just loved this book ... it kept me hooked into late nights and even at work! His plots are amazing, twisted enough to be true. He also brings to light society's views of sterotypes and its attitude towards them. I loved it.
- , 20 January 2009
Bring on the rest I have just finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo it was awesome the plot kept me going all weekend, i found it a little slow in the begining but by chapter 3 I was hooked. I can't wait to pick up the second in the millenium trilogy. Although the third one isn't out until late autumn in the english language it will be on my wish list. I loved the suspense and trying to work out what happened to Harriet and how the rest of the Vanger family fell in to their prospective roles, as the plot unfolds it all starts to make sense. One of the most enjoyable reads I have had in a long time. Awsome!!!!!!!
- Monica Michelini-Cave Germany 2009, 20 January 2009
It's kinda wrong to name the book " the girl with the dragon tattoo" when the real title is (direcktly translated) men that hates women. but its one of the best books ever witten! the whole triology is just to good to be true.. I'm soon finish with the last book. and it's like I dont want to finish, because, I just love them! they are so well written! (sorry for my bad english)
- Eline - Norway, 13 January 2009
So intense, so well written. Its a pleasure to read, and you actually do not want the book to end. Few books succeed on that, and I cant wait to have the next volume in my hands, unfortunately I will have to wait until January next year for the English version to come out.
Sorry to hear that Mr. Larsson had passed away, we lost a great thriller writer.
- Paul Jacquemin - Mexico, 31 December 2008
I've just finished the first book of Larrsson (the translation in Italy sounds like "mens who hate women"- uomini che odiano le donne) and I've already bought and start reading the second one (The girl who played with the fire)... simply wonderful!!! I'm really waiting for the third and for the movie!!!
Enrica - Italy
- Enrica Lodovisi -Italy, 11 December 2008
I have just finished the first book. Exceptional. I have waited an excruciatingly long time to find a novel so unique, unformulaic, unpredictable, and written with great verve. I second many of the comments made below, but with sadness can't help but think of the author's passing, his brief literary candle combining wit, observation of human necessity and needling, and uncommon calls to activism of the ubiquitous. What a craftsman and soul to be lost, Mr. Larsson. You were/are brilliant and missed.
- Helia, 8 December 2008
Best book I have ever read! I had trouble doing all the things I needed to while reading this book. Have been a huge fan of Harlan Coben for many years and now can add Stieg Larsson to my list. I will recommend this book to all of my book reader friends. Love this man!
- Tracey, Cedar Rapids IA, 21 November 2008
Am on the 400th page perhaps and completely intrigued with the turn of events ! Even, was a little petrified going thru the reviews lest somebody has already spilled the beans !!
After a "long" time, am getting the scent of agatha christie merged with a fictional platform ! The combination can be best one gets !
Strongly hoping that the end is as god ! (was a tad dissapointed with Dan Brown !).....
- Angshuman Chatterjee, India, 3 November 2008
I am also amazed by the publishing dates for the English translation. Does anybody have a clue about the Spanish dates? It's a pity, but I suppose this is what merketing's about.
- Daniel, Madrid, 9 october 2008, 9 October 2008
I just finished millenium 1 in french, the title is:" les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes" (men that didn'it like women), to answer The swedish girl.
Fantastic book, I'm starting number 2
- Maud B, New York, 5 October 2008
I lives in Sweden and I have read 1st,2nd and 3rd, in Swedish and I love them. One thing that's is bothering me is the translation on the title on the 1st book it schould have been someting like this: Men that's hates Women
- The Swedish Girl, 1 October 2008
Excellent! Great read.. I managed to read all 550 pages in 2 days flat! Great characters, nice suspense.. pity there are only 3 of these books! Can't wait for book 2 to come to India...
- DP India, 8 October 2008
I read this book and I love it.It's great. I'm waitting that other books are available on portuguese.
- Filipa Gaspar, Portugal, 5 October 2008
I read these books in Swedish and can't wait to buy them in English, so I can give them to my friends for Christmas. I gift you will not put down once you start reading.
- Marie-Therese Nyman, 4 October 2008
sono dei libri stupendi. sdtoria geniale davvero bella storia.
lisbeth è una figura stupenda.
lo consiglio e lo regalo. attendo il prossimo ciao grazie
- , 3 October 2008
absolutely genius. absolutely inteligent super book
i'm looking for the second tome
- Rui Campos, 16 August 2008
While the translation seems perfectly adequate most of the time, there were a few clangers that slipped through subediting, mostly improper word choice (e.g. importunate...!?) and inexplicable brief switches from past tense to present - for me these take something away from the enjoyment of a superb book, but then I'm Aspie like Salander, what do I know ...
- k.rabenstein@btinternet.com, 16 August 2008
Well it seems i should be happy that all three books are translated in french already. I'm almost at the end of the first one and will have the luxury to be able to buy the second one once i'm over with it.
Well done Acte sud (publishers in France) for having spotted the potential of this trilogy very quickly.
- , 14 August 2008
I've just finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and I can't stop thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about Lisbeth Salander, one of the best and more interesting characters I ever read. Have you seen Hard Candy? I'm spanish and I just can't believe I will have to wait until 2009 and 2010 to get hold of spanish version of the two follow up novels.
- Ernest, 10 August 2008
Estic llegint "Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres". El trobo genial! Molt recomanable, de veritat.
- Jaume, 7 August 2008
I can only endorse the enthusiasm of my all fellow bookworms. I've just read the Danish transalation of the first Book and I've already got hold of Book2.
I'm an Englisman living in Denmark but don't have to wait for an Eglish translation!
- Bill Vase, 14 July 2008
Hey, I'm Adrien, 15 y.o. I have already started reading the first novel in French [Les Hommes Qui N'aiment Pas Les Femmes (Men Who Hate Women)] 'cause I'm Spanish-French born in Ibiza, and I live in a town in the border of these countries.
So I have to say in France we have the translation of the three books, and I'am so excited! In Spain I only have seen da first novel. I think it's the best I am reading in these years, what's more, I have always loved Sweden, so It's perfect. I'll post another comment when I'll finish da first book, I'm just enjoying it! (msn: vengaboy-adri@hotmail.fr)
- , 11 July 2008
I am nearly finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and it is without doubt the best novel I have read for years. Just can't believe I will have to wait until 2009 and 2010 to be able to get hold of English version of the two follow up novels. Might be quicker to learn Swedish !!!
- Bill, New Zealand, 10 June 2008
After two days, I just finished the first book (in french) and found myself so stupid now that I cannot buy the second one, as it is sunday and the bookstores are closed...
This Salander girl is so nicely plotted and so intriguing I cannot wait to see what will happen next. I felt sorry for her at the end of the book. She definitively is one of my favorite novel characters ever.
For those of you who have not read these fabulous books, do it now!
- O. Voinnet, France, 18 May 08, 18 May 2008
As an ardent reader of crime novels I picked 'Dragon Tattoo' up rather offhandedly and thought to try it. I was glued to the book for the 3 days it took me to read it; nothing else mattered. Well written, super plot and a great read.
- Sue D, 16 May 2008
So far, this has to be the greatest crime novel of the 21st century. perhaps only the next two in the Millennium trilogy will top it.
Complex but lucid plotting, a great sense of place and a cast of characters to die for ;-)
Above all, this novel has a great heart and that's what keeps you turning the pages for hours on end.
Also he has a cheeky sense of humour amongst the horror. At the point where I noticed a certain similarity between the Vanger part of the novel and Val McDermid's "A Place Of Execution", Blomkvist's bedtime reading was "The Mermaids Singing".
Also, actually, I like the English title.
- Bruce Hatton, Suffolk, UK, 10 May 2008
Great book, best mystery I have read in years. Can't wait for the next two in English and in the meantime I will read it again...and maybe again! The only suggestion is to add the map of the island to the US release when it comes out this September. A friend with a French version emailed it to me off of his copy. Very helpful in understanding the plot.
- Do, Michigan USA, 5 May 2008
I use to read detective novels. Millenium is one of the best ones I read for years. Kill your TV and read Millenium.
- Gil, a French in Vienna, 20 April 2008
Simply fantastic, stricly recommended..
- Marco Lecis - Italy, 9 April 2008
This book is very well written and, even in with occassional translation artifacts, has a layered depth that is rare in crime fiction. Again and again I'm being impressed by the crime fiction being written in Sweden and Denmark. The sophistication of the writing in this book provides a strong indicator of this trend.
The small segment of the narrative that takes place in Australia was reasonably accurately drawn. This suggests that Stieg must have been here. I agree that the title is silly and that a closer transliteration of the original would be better support for the themes in the book. Overall one of the best pieces of crime writing I've read for years.
- Paul - Sydney Australia, 2 April 2008
Just finished "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" in English... a great read that got me thoroughly hooked. One complaint, though: the writing is often awkward and stilted -- the fault, I assume, of the translation and not the author. Indeed, I note from some Internet postings that the translator himself appears none too happy with what the British publisher did to his work. In any event, since the rest of the series will not be available in English for years, I have just begun the second book, "La fille qui rêvait d'un bidon d'essence et d'une allumette" (in French, obviously), and find it to be far more fluent and readable. Note to Knopf: you still have time to do a better English version of the next two books, and improve the translation of the first one before it is published here in the U.S. Oh, yes, and how about restoring the original title?
- Bernard, 21 Mars 2008
It's nice to see a mystery actually engaging some genuine issues, and the writing is feverish, sharp, and mesmerizing. It's embarrassing, however, for the English publisher to have replaced the original "Men Who Hate Women" with such a ludicrous, anodyne title as "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." The original title has everything to do with the novel's themes. The presumably more marketable replacement is completely arbitrary (they could just as easily have called it "The Family with the Ugly Secret" or "The Village in the North of Sweden" or some such ilk). But don't let that dissuade you from reading what is an utterly engaging and intelligent mystery, unlike anything I've read, with themes that elevate the book from the mystery genre into something close to literature.
- Scott in San Francisco, 20 Mars 2008
One of the best book I've read. Suspens and good story. I'm starting the 2nd.
- Geraldine Palau, 8 Mars 2008
By far one of the best books I have ever read! Can't wait to read the 2nd and 3rd book (in danish) since they are not yet avaiable in english.
- DanaDK, 7 Mars 2008
Just started the trilogy (in french), and i already cant put it down! Excellent writing!
- mAx, 4 Mars 2008
Amazing read, awe inspiring characterizations.
- Erik, 28 February 2008
The first book in english translation is a big hit with me and my friends. I believe Stieg Larsson is a legend and his memory shall live on in his brilliant work. when i finished reading the girl with the dragon tattoo i was so eager to read the girl who played with fire but i was very disappointed to learn that it will not be available until 2009!! I have a feeling its going to be the longest wait ever.
- Dusty, 23 February 2008
Grande libro. Great piece.
- David, 11 February 2008
MINDBLOWING
I couldn't eat, sleep or move away from this book, may very well be the best I've ever read. I am looking forward to read the next two books very soon.
- Elisabeth Da Silva, 9 February 2008
I just finished to read the third book (published in French). My only comment is that I am very sorry there will not be a fourth one!
- Michel, 9 February 2008
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John Hepplewhite
30 January 2008
I can't wait!
There aren't enough adjectives to describe this book. I feel quite bereft now that I have finished it.
Please rush the next two books into english a.s.p. I can't wait!!!
Very sad about Stieg ...
- John Hepplewhite, 30 January 2008
Ali Karim, Assistant Editor - Shots Magazine
18 December 2007
The Grand Larsson
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ is a huge 500 page opus, multi-layered, multi-character tale by a writer of some considerable power. Full of social conscience and compassion, with considerable insight into the nature of moral corruption, it just knocked me out. This book took over my life this weekend, as when I was away from the narrative I became grumpy and desperate to return to the story, such is the power of this work.
I read it in two sittings, with the final stint a five hour marathon of arm-strain and strong coffee that took me into the very early hours of the morning. It was 4am when my eyes finally surrendered despite my mind being still being locked into this tremendously atmospheric crime novel When I put the book down I was unable to sleep as my head was filled with the high-definition world that Larsson had crafted, and Reg Keeland translated from the Swedish language. The book drained me emotionally but also filled me with emotion.
I consider this novel to feature as one of the greatest crime-fiction novels I have ever read. Even if the English translation is not released until 10th January 2008, I think this could be the crime-fiction novel of 2008. No mean boast considering that this is the first book I have read that has a 2008 release date.
The most interesting aspects of this novel are the vast array of characters that Larsson populates the story with, as well as unfamiliar landscape which captivates the reader as the tale unravels to an unexpected and chilling solution. The two main characters that bring this tale to life are the disgraced journalist and publisher Mikael Blomkvist and his partner, the enigmatic and deeply troubled Lisbeth Salander. I feel that these two characters will soon join the pantheon of greatest crime-fiction characters that populate the genre at its apex. It is obvious that Larsson is very well read in the genre as his investigator Blomkvist reads Sue Grafton, Val McDermid and Elizabeth George while the novel follows and mixes aspects of the sub-genres. We have a splash of Courtroom Drama at the opening when Blomkvist loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerstrom which has serious repercussions for the Magazine Millennium’s future [where Blomkvist acts as publisher]. Then we have the Private Eye strand which comes in the shape of the fourty year-old case of missing teenager Harriet Vanger from an isolated island on a desolate part of Sweden.
Mikael Blomkvist is hired by wealthy 82-year old Henrik Vanger, the former CEO of the Vander Corporation to uncover what happened to the teenage Harriet who vanished four decades ago under mysterious circumstances at a family reunion. Then we have the blending of a locked-room mystery, as the island on that fateful day was cut-off due to a road-tanker crash on the only bridge that connects the inhabitants to the mainland. Henrik Vanger believes that Harriet [his brother’s grand-daughter] was murdered by one of his family members, as the island was cut-off from the mainland when Harriet vanished. As Blomkvist is in disgrace due to losing his libel defense; he decides to take the Vanager case as the old man offers him not only to help the financially strapped Millennium Magazine, but also the promise to give Blomkvist information to prove Wennerstrom is corrupt. And so begins this tortured tale of family secrets, evil and compassion that takes the protagonists from a desolate Swedish island during a frigid winter, to London and then to Australia. Soon both Blomkvist and Salander find themselves both hunter and hunted and it will take all of their combined skills to untangle themselves from the evil that surrounds the course of events that shaped the Vanger clan. We also get a techno-thriller element with Salander’s skills and contacts in the computer hacking community, and finally what would a crime novel be without serial killing and horrific torture? Despite all these conventions, Larsson makes them fresh in a blend that is as mesmerizing as it is insightful into human motivations.
I strongly suggest that you investigate the world of Stieg Larsson – as his work sits right at the top of the genre.
- Ali Karim, Assistant Editor - Shots Magazine, 18 December 2007
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I'm on page 480. This book is about as good as one of Agatha Christie's. It's as entertaining as watching an episode of CSI.
- Carol, Burnaby, 1 July 2009, 1 July 2009