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Dec 31, 2023bookedv10 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I loved how the main protagonists initially don't seem like they have anything in common with each other, but the author makes it work. So much that you get invested into their dynamics. The first couple chapters are a bit slow paced, it…
Jul 11, 2023ea304gt_0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It took me more than a week to go through the first 200 pages. I felt confused and disengaged. Most of the characters were barely related to each other, if at all. All of them felt very self-centered, unsympathetic, and uninteresting.…
May 23, 2023Bookafterbook rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Stieg Larsson left this world too soon and with too few of his novels. I found this a great read, captivated partly by the descriptions of Sweden and entirely by the weird and wonderful characters who inhabit this dark world.
Mar 12, 2023Pladdin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Larsson delivers an amazing grungy book in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Set over the course of roughly one year, the story follows the reopening of a decades long cold case investigated by an unlikely financial journalist. Oddly…
Oct 22, 2022PatricEarle rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The lack of credible or sympathetic characters; the overt misogynism; the casual attitute toward sex; the lack of empathy for other exhibited by most of the individuals; the self-centeredness of the protagonists without a shred of wit or…
Jul 16, 2022ursa5597 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
There are many unbelievable and extreme moments in this novel. But as you start reading it, you root for both Salander and Blomkvist. Starts at a slow pace, but never let's the reader lose interest. The idea behind what the book represents…
Apr 06, 2022kathylock rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Starts out very slow in developing characters and scene. Then the books gets going and it good. Overall, several implausible events that make you doubt the story.
Nov 10, 2021camilayeremin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is one of the best mystery thrillers I’ve ever read. The book follows a female lead investigator and a male journalist in their journey to uncover the disappearance of a girl from a wealthy family, and both…
Jul 01, 2021christinalmn rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book started too complicated for me with too many characters and different storylines. However, I love a good mystery and eventually everything started connecting with interesting intricacy. Be warned that there is some sexual and…
May 23, 2021
In response to gmoney83, the original title of this book, in Swedish, is "Men Who Hate Women." That's what you get. How many people would've read the book with that title (in the US)?
Feb 27, 2021ArunothiaM rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I thought the narrative style was very interesting and it is definitely a page turner! I recommend it if you are looking to read a good thriller.
Jan 29, 2021madibat rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I was hoping this book would be as fabulous as everyone said it was, however, I didn't get into it until at least halfway through. There were a lot of details that were overcomplicated and just confused me, but I really enjoyed the…
Jan 11, 2021BayouJohn rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Like another reviewer noted, this book gave me an unreasonable urge to make (or order, buy, pack, etc.) coffee and sandwiches - the main character's primary diet, no doubt an autobiographical touch. Although the femme fatale anti villain…
Jul 10, 2020
2005 - 4.14
Jul 06, 2020Mich321 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Not a fan of mystery and I found that the plot took too long to begin not enough interesting action in the beginning chapters
Apr 18, 2020
This book was hard to get into but then very good, intriguing
Aug 25, 2019gmoney83 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 stars - a great first book in a series that has a lot to say about female empowerment. Reader beware, these novels have graphic descriptions of rape and abuse. The novel and the series as a whole plays out as a detective story.…
Aug 05, 2019sketchedsoul rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was excellent and so disturbing at the same time. It's also book one of a trilogy. The story started of slow (like every book I've read with more than 600 pages) but be patient because the entire story comes together so perfectly.…
May 27, 2019
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is popular for a great reason - it's excellent. I've consumed hundreds, if not thousands of crime novels over the past forty years, and this is one of the best. I like it because it was intricate. Details…
Apr 01, 2019
for those who long for a reality which enfolds females into that 'righteousness by rights of their gender.' the protagonist is small and light, but she has a ferocious will to get revenge against big bad men who have harmed her; she also…
Feb 20, 2019kmobuckeye rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
pretty darn good! kind of graphic in a few parts, but definitely a good read!
Jul 24, 2018jeff1885 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I love books where I miss something. I won't tell you what I missed because it's a spoiler for all of it, but I can hardly wait for the second book to come off my holds list.
Apr 27, 20187626dee rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Would likely be better read in Swedish, I detect problems in the translation. The story line is excellent but the author will drag you along through often unnecessary descriptions and asides since he is writing the long game for a trilogy…
Dec 19, 2017cool_caleb rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Why the heck I didn't read it earlier!
Dec 13, 2017
Larson’s novel is the first of the so-called Millenial Series, a trio of highly popular murder mysteries set in Sweden, the author’s home. Carl Michael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander star in this story and I presume Larson, who died after…