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A thrilling and dark mystery set in modern-day Sweden, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is the first in a series of three from Stieg Larsson. This book starts a little slow, introducing journalist Mikael Blomqvist who has been found guilty of libel against uber-capitalist Hans Wennerstrom. Needing a break, Blomqvist takes a leave from his magazine, Millenium, and heads north to take on an unusual assignment. He is hired by Harald Vagner, CEO of Wennerstrom rival, Vagner Corporation, to find the
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Not generally a fan of the mystery/detective genre but this is an exception. Larsson takes that paradigm and infuses it with new life. Certainly, a modern Swedish backdrop, a alt/punk computer hacker with the code name Wasp who has some striking parallels to Pippi Longstocking all grown up, and a suave, ladies' man reporter to drive the narrative does inject vitality. The Swedish edition is titled Men Who Hate Women and is aptly named. It probs the pyschology of these men as part of thriller's p
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I thought this was a pretty good book. I read this because it was available when my last travel book was finished... I don't usually like to read the "popular" book that's currently going around, but this one was ok and worth the time.
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This was a very difficult book for me to start. In fact, I checked it out from the library and started it twice. I just couldn't get into it-seemed boring and some the translation was a little weird. Then I read another member's review and he had the same issues I had, until he read until about page 45. So I went out and bought my own copy so I could read at my own speed, and low and behold, that reviewer was right! I don't normally write reviews, as usually I don't agree with what most people l
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book - it started off a bit slow, but I'm glad I stuck with it. Such great characters - I was sad when it was over. Can't wait to read the next two!
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I want to go back to Stockholm...
Boring at first, but then...awesome! It took me 4 tries and 100 pages to get into it, but once I passed the 100 page area or so, I was hooked. I haven't had a normal sleep schedule all week b/c I keep staying up to read this darn book. Looking forward to getting my normal sleep cycle back...
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In the beginning, I had a hard time getting into the book. I was fearful it was a financial thriller, which is not my type of book. I persevered and was happy to realize the true story was much more titillating.
It took me about 250 pages to finally get to a point where I WANTED to read this book. At that point it was pretty quick to read. Not sure if I'll read the next one (which I have).
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It was okay...I think it just got too hyped for me. I tried reading it last year and couldn't get into it. Better this time around. Still intrigued by the sequels.
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Mar 25, 2010
Brenda
marked it as to-read
Apr 11, 2010
Erica
marked it as to-read
Jan 30, 2011
Heather
marked it as to-read
