The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) in Queereaders

Feb 05, 2012 J. rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I have to admit something terrible: I like Lisbeth better on the screen than I do on the page. I think that her transgressive characteristics are too muted in the text, and I like her when the mohawk is tall, and the contempt is unspoken, but clear in her eyes. ***spoilers***: I do like that in the text, she tells Blomkvist that she's going after Martin, rather than asking him, as she does on the screen. Ultimately, though, I was not as shocked by the horror Martin and his father have visited on ...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it really liked it

Shelves: what-not-u-s, what-mystery

Excellent story, a little slow to start but sucked me in and kept me going until the end. I had avoided it believing it was another mainstream Oprah-inspired touching story about nothing. (I love Oprah and think her having a book club is fabulous, but most of the books sound boring.) I'm so glad I was wrong! I learned a lot, too, like the horrible sounding things Swedes apparently eat and that in Sweden, you can schedule jail time and take holidays from it. I did figure out the larger mystery by ...more

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Nov 24, 2010 Jamie rated it really liked it

Wow! It took me awhile to get into it, but after 100 pages it had me on the edge of my seat. A satisfying read until the very last page. I can barely wait to read Part 2!

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Mar 19, 2010 Tara Lynn rated it it was ok

Shelves: booklist-for-2010

I'm sorry, but WHY is this the MUST HAVE book of the season?

I'll give it good writing, interesting chracters, and a suspenseful ending, but...that can describe anything from a Steven King novella to a quasi-good pre-teen yarn.

I'll try the second one, but I still have no idea where all the hype is coming from. ...more

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