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

Stieg Larsson,

Reg Keeland (Translator)

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Mar 13, 2011 Pam rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sweden

AUTHOR: Larsson, Stieg
TITLE: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
DATE READ: 03/08/11
RATING: 5/A
GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction/2008 English translation/Maclehose Press/533 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: 1st in the Millenium Trilogy
TIME/PLACE: Late 1990's, Early 2000's/Sweden
CHARACTERS: Mikael Blomkvist/financial journalist; Henrik Vanger/CEO of Vanger Corp; Lisbeth Salander/private investigator/computer hacker
FIRST LINES: The trial was irretrievably over; everything that could be said had be ...more

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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

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Jan 03, 2011 Jana rated it really liked it

Shelves: just-for-fun

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. ...more

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