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I was turned off at first by the unusual, long names and unkown cities but got past that and really enjoyed the book. I am now hooked and must read the other books by this author. The female lead character was refreshingly "curre3nt" with her tattoos and attitude. Excellent book
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I finally finished this book. It was very hard for me to get into. After about page 150 it began to get interesting, but I honestly never saw anything in this book which justifies the wild acclaim it has recieved. It is a decent mystery, but the resolution to the mystery, while interesting has been done before, many times. For me there was nothing to reccomend this book above many other mysteries. Except perhaps the character of Lisbeth Slander, The eponymous "girl". Her I liked and really would
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Didn't like the graphic violence, but thought the book was well-written, with compelling characters.
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I did ultimately enjoy this book, but I'm not sure I totally get the hype. It was a good murder mystery book, but it takes about 200 to 250 pages to really get moving, and I didn't think it was any better, or any worse than any other murder mystery I've ever read. I'm still on the fence about whether I will read the other two or not. But, not a total waste of time.
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3.5 - 4 stars. Would've given it a 4 but the violence was too graphic and brutal for me and a little too much going on.
Lots of characters to keep track of, though some of them are not endearing, most of them are intriguing. It is an interesting read, if you can overlook the violence. ...more
Lots of characters to keep track of, though some of them are not endearing, most of them are intriguing. It is an interesting read, if you can overlook the violence. ...more
Aug 27, 2010
Stephanie
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Love this book. Love Scandinavia and Larsson took me back. But boy, the action packing in this book is morbid and intense all the while thrilling. Love how he intermingled so many story lines and characters!!!
I liked it.
Dec 05, 2009
Gaijinmama
marked it as to-read
May 25, 2010
Laurel Bradshaw
marked it as to-read-owned
