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Wow... Ok, what can I say about this book?
It starts off pretty slow, but after 100 pages or so, the pace really picks up. The names are terrible, especially place names, but that's just because it was originally written in Swedish. Also, there were a few places where the translation left me scratching my head, but I'm going to blame that on the translators and not the authors.
Also, Lisbeth Salander, the girl who has the dragon tattoo, is not the main character. Nor is her tattoo actually relevan ...more
It starts off pretty slow, but after 100 pages or so, the pace really picks up. The names are terrible, especially place names, but that's just because it was originally written in Swedish. Also, there were a few places where the translation left me scratching my head, but I'm going to blame that on the translators and not the authors.
Also, Lisbeth Salander, the girl who has the dragon tattoo, is not the main character. Nor is her tattoo actually relevan ...more
Saw the movie first; disturbing, but what a thriller
This book was suprisingly different than what I was expecting. It first started out talking about financial reporting but the author made it so easy to understand. At first I was wondering how these separate sects of story were going to overlap but they came together unexpectedly and made the story great. I must say the statistics the author gives on the violence against women makes you wonder what is going on in Sweden.
Төрсөн өдрийн бэлгээ уншиж дууссан шүү.
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