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[Francisco]

Pages 1-314
1. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson is the third and final novel of the series. The author had planned to make at least 10 total books but was unable to due to his death. The book starts off with Lisbeth Salander, the main character being in surgery after her father Alexander Zalachenko aka Karl Axel Bodin shot her several times, including once in the head. Zalachenko would be locked up in jail for what he did to his daughter, but Lisbeth Salander is on the hunt because it is believed, although not true, that she killed 3 people around Stockholm, where the story takes place. Mikael Blomkvist who is Salander’s very good intimate friend is trying to crack the case, along with the police, as to how they will prove the innocence of Salander. Also Zalachenko has a dark past as an international spy and things are getting complicated with the police and Blomkvist uncovering the truth.
2. 5 stars. This book is originally in Swedish, but translated so descriptively, it makes you feel as though you are alongside Salander or Blomkvist. Also it has a great storyline.
3. "I understand that. But what I'm asking is whether or not you're willing to put yourself in her corner and get into a pitched battle with her enemies". Mikael Blomkvist, page 107. This is Blomkvist motivating and pleading his sister to represent Salander as her attorney because after all the mess she's in, it will be more than necessary. It also shows how Lisbeth needs all the help she can get from the evils of her fathe Zalachenko.
4. This book is connecting to what we are doing in class because we are talking about memoirs and writing them, which the book does a little bit of this. The book talks about Zalachenko’s past as a ‘father’ to Salander. Right now we are writing a memoir that relates to a certain past experience that we have had, and that is what part of the story is.
5. I recommend this to anyone who is at least in high school. The book talks about many disturbing things that happen to people whether its death, rape, assault, or all three. This book requires a mature audience that is willing to not let the perturbing parts of the book influence it negatively.