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I absolutely loved this book. Maybe it's because I don't read a lot of mystery/thriller books, but I was completely entranced by the book and finished it in about 24 hours. There were only a few parts that I was dissatisfied [I love Macs and all, but it really necessary to mention iPods, iBooks, and PowerBooks constantly throughout the story?:], but I felt the rest of the story more than made up for it.
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The original title of the book in Swedish was "Men who hate women", not sure if that would have flown off the bookshelves as a detective novel. The title makes more sense after reading the book. There are many surprises that are quite horrible and gruesome. The book has many twists and turns and solving the "murder" isn't most interesting part of it.
I could tell that the real star of the story is Lisbeth Salander. You don't meet her until a little later in the book and her story is told separat ...more
I could tell that the real star of the story is Lisbeth Salander. You don't meet her until a little later in the book and her story is told separat ...more
Overall this was a pretty good book. The characters, especially Salandar, were well drawn and interesting. The setting in Sweden was memorable (though I have trouble connecting with places I really don't know). Fast paced, with a number of different threads running throughout the story.
However, this is not a book for the squeamish in both violence and sex.
I would like to have read more about the journalistic ethics Mikael faced in the end. But that probably made the book to slow for most thril ...more
However, this is not a book for the squeamish in both violence and sex.
I would like to have read more about the journalistic ethics Mikael faced in the end. But that probably made the book to slow for most thril ...more
This book was good overall, but there were sections that didn't really add to the story.
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I found it pretty hard to get into - gave up at p. 214 when the author still had not made me care about any of the characters, and it all felt like set-up for the action that was -- I hoped -- going to happen. Life is too short for this book -- and I was disappointed because people I respect really loved the series!
there were things very swedish that i didn't understand. like, how much is swedish money worth compared to american dollars? but, it was a good mystery.
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Will save most of my comments until after book group...I will say this: I'm probably going to read the other books in the series. Just for fun.
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Apr 02, 2009
jess sanford
marked it as to-read
Aug 24, 2009
Juliezs
rated it
really liked it
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Dec 01, 2009
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Feb 07, 2010
Sharon
marked it as to-read
Apr 26, 2010
Katie
marked it as to-read
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