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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)

Stieg Larsson

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Nov 01, 2011 Sera rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, own, thriller-suspense, series

I liked this story much better than the first book in the series, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, because I thought that the overall plot/storyline was well done, and I really enjoyed getting into Lisbeth's backstory. The second book is a tight follow up to the first book and takes the characters into what happens after their adventures in the first book have ended.

I was a bit bummed out by the cliffhanger ending, but at least I can get my hands on book 3 in the trilogy. I still think that it' ...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Andy Plonka rated it it was amazing

I'm glad I read the memoir Larsson's friend wrote before I read this one. There are many incidents in this book which are very much like things that happened to the author in real life. ...more

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Jun 27, 2010 Stephanie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Severely introverted, computer-hacking genius Lisbeth Salander takes us on another wild mysterious ride through Sweden's underground sex trade. ...more

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