Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781847245458
ISBN: 1847245455
Label: Quercus Publishing Plc
Manufacturer: Quercus Publishing Plc
Number Of Pages: 542
Publication Date: July 24, 2008
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Studio: Quercus Publishing Plc

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Rating: - An Idealistic Hero, an Unlikely Heroine, a Swedish Setting, Dangerous Secrets, and a Dandy Mystery Make for Great Fun

To me, this book is the most unexpected page-turning thriller I've read in some time. I couldn't wait for the next surprise.

I was reminded of first reading the early Ian Fleming books about James Bond, feeling like I'd entered a fascinating new world that I never had never dreamed of. But Stieg Larsson's writing is much better than Fleming's and these characters are more nuanced in their unusual characteristics.

The book defies normal novel categories. There ... Read More

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Rating: - impressive but flawed
Absorbing but too long and moralistic. The mystery is built up slowly and with masterful control but there are few surprizes and the solution, without wanting to give anything away, says more about the authors politics than anything internal to the plotting. Larsson was a talented writer but his passion for espousing the cause of the opposite sex might be more laudable if it weren't at the cost of selling out his own by portraying every male as either predatory or rehabilitated. As for the *** mild ... Read More

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Rating: - Absolutely brilliant - it has everything and more
I was recommended this author and started the book with an open mind but with some reservations. BUT it was brilliant - well written - not just a crime book, fascinating people and marvellous plot. I was really sold on this author only to find out that he only managed to write a few books before his untimely death - what a disappointment. The world was robbed of a truely good writer.....

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Rating: - A big juicy satisfying read
This a big, complex, entertaining read. There are three plots running in parallel which interlink with and complicate each other. This means the book has room for a classic detective story dealing with a decades old disappearance, and also strands delving into the complications in the lives of the two main characters - a financial journalist and the eponymous girl with the dragon tattoo.

I loved it, and am looking forward to publication of the second novel in the trilogy early next year. ... Read More

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Rating: - Formulaic...
This book has sold 5 million copies. What makes a book sell 5 million copies? Judging by this, the formula is: a fairly mainstream plot, some mild sex, a so-so conspiracy, and a style of writing that neither jars nor excites.

Let me first say that there is nothing actually wrong with this book. Aside from being much too long - common and acceptable in a first novel - there is nothing that will make you throw this book across a room. Nor, in my view, will you be riveted. It is like a three ... Read More

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