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

Stieg Larsson,

Reg Keeland (Translator)

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

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Aug 19, 2016 Carrie rated it liked it

Eh, I wasn't thrilled with this one. The Nordic setting was interesting, and the characters were unique and complicated, but the author went WAY over the top, in my opinion, to demonstrate just how hard life had been for the heroine and just how much evil lies beneath. In a book that purports to be aghast at the violence constantly aimed at women, it felt suspiciously like it was cashing in on how much people like to be delightfully horrified at very detailed descriptions of it. Violence against ...more

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Sep 06, 2010 Peggy Walker rated it liked it · review of another edition

A really interesting read. Evidently I know very little about Sweden, so it was interesting to discover so much about the area and political and social milieu. Neither of the two main characters are typical protagonists, since Blomqvist is somewhat amoral and Salander appears to have Asperger's. All the twists and turns kept me reading avidly and the graphic nature of the events described were very hard to read, but fascinating. It made me want to read the rest of the series, but in my view this ...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Melanie rated it liked it

I mean, it was good. It got really good in the middle, and page-turnery like everyone said it would. But the beginning just draaaaaaagged. I was warned about that and advised to keep reading "past the first 100 pages," but I'm not sure the middle was catchy ENOUGH to make up for the eh beginning. Still unsure if I'll read the next two, but I probably will at some point because I don't like leaving things (like trilogies) unfinished. ...more

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Apr 27, 2011 Franzi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own

Auf jeden Fall spannend und man möchte wissen wie es weitergeht, aber definitiv zu viele Seiten für die Story. Irgendwie ging es erst ab Seite 350 richtig los ;) Bin gespannt auf die Fortsetzungen!

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