The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Steig LarssonSurprisingly, I hadn't heard all that much about this book before picking up a copy. I had seen it around but didn't really realize there was such hype surrounding it. I bought it when I saw it on sale through Amazon and read the blurb. It sounded interesting, it had good reviews and it was a good price.
I started reading it over the holidays, intrigued by the first chapter but then lost interest when it got very detailed with financial/business dealings. It was a little too cerebral for holiday reading so I switched to something else. I didn't pick it up again until this past weekend. Once I got passed the slow part mentioned above I was hooked. The 500+ book didn't seem all that long.
Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist who has just been convicted of libel, is approached by Henrik Vanger to research the mysterious disappearance of his niece 40 years ago. The mystery drags you into the interesting and sometimes disturbing lives of the Vanger family and everyone who lives on the island of Hedeby. Lisbeth Salander, a very intriguing and mysterious researcher for a security firm helps Mikael in his investigation of what happened to Harriet Vanger.
Family drama, an unsolved "locked door mystery", corporate intrigue, and wonderfully complex characters. This book had everything I love in a good mystery thriller. I can't wait to read the next two books in the Millennium Trilogy.
5/5
Source: purchase
Glad you decided to pick this back up again. The next two books just keep getting better! :-)
ReplyDelete5 of 5 even with the slow parts? I'm sure I'm the only person on the planet that hasn't read this now but with that kind of recommendation, I've got to get to it.
ReplyDeleteNo, Lisa! I haven't read it either, though I tried and got stopped by those slow parts....
ReplyDeleteGreat review, Mari.
I loved this book. It never seemed slow to me but then I listened to it, so maybe the audio version was just easier. The next two are even better, although #3 does have a slow bit with a lot of need-to-know background information.
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