From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…

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

Stieg Larsson,

Reg Keeland (Translator)

Discussion: Books Set in Europe

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 57 topics — 1,681 comments total

Books Set in Europe

* European Authors
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 29 posts · 910 views

last updated May 01, 2025 06:52AM

Poland
By Diane , Armchair Tour Guide · 31 posts · 980 views

last updated Sep 20, 2025 09:56PM

showing 10 of 48 topics view all »

What Members Thought

May 19, 2012 Kara rated it liked it

After so much hype, I didn't know what to expect from this book. Ultimately, it sucked me and kept me up much to late on many school nights. I'm glad that I had visited Sweden prior to reading this book because it allowed me to better understand and visualize what Larsson described. I found most surprising two things. One, the level of unsettling graphic detail included and, two, how I kept thinking the book was about to end and yet had a whole other story to finish or tell.
The Girl with the Dr ...more

Like · see review

Oct 04, 2018 Jillian rated it it was amazing

4.5 stars. This is a rich, amazing, and terrifying book written at a sometimes glacial pace but that builds such a complex cast of characters and a world I need to know more about. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series.

There were moments, facts, backstory where I truly didn’t know what the hell was going on, especially in relationship to things related to economics, finance, and the legal system in Sweden. However I almost didn’t care. Sure this book could have been about 200 page ...more

Like · see review

Nov 15, 2010 Gabrielle rated it liked it · review of another edition

Took me a while to get into it. i re-read the first 20 pages a few times. But once I got past the beginning I couldn't put it down.

Page-turner, good to read while traveling. Read like a movie, reminded me of the Dan Brown mysteries. ...more

Like · see review