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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

gizandmurph's review

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5.0

Best book of the series! I had a hard time putting it down!

tildy08's review against another edition

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3.0

The book was alright, but I have to say that because of how detailed it was, it was hard to keep track of everything, so unfortunately I don't really remember all the details. What really annoyed me was that nearing the end of the book, it seemed really out to lunch with the court proceedings. The defence was able to bring in random witnesses that the prosecution knew nothing about. I know in North American judicial systems that's not allowed. The case would have to be completely restarted, so either Swedish judicial systems are different, or Mr. Larsson was out to lunch. What prosecutor goes only by what the police tell them? I thought they would do their own research and figure things out. Anyway, those are really my only 2 gripes with the book. I mean obviously the fact that Lisbeth and her brother are basically superhuman seem a little out to lunch, but it's a fictional book....I shouldn't complain too much.

Basically, this book picks up where the last one left off. Lisbeth and her father are in the hospital. It follows Lisbeth as she's kept in isolation and guarded in the hospital, and then put into prison. And then follows the court proceedings and research that went into that. It ends by tying up all loose ends for characters.

mskrzydlinski's review against another edition

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5.0

This series was irresistable. Unfortunately, this last book bored me a little and I had to force myself to finish it. Overall, I'm glad I read the Millenium Triology.

keeelai's review

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adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

catliffe's review

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adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

rh2riordan's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

chupito's review against another edition

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4.0

Aunque haya puesto 4⭐️ si soy justa es un 3.5⭐️

Madre mia que montaña rusa de emociones tengo con estos libros. Me ha gustado menos que el segundo, mas que el primero, y me ha gustado el final, cerrando así la historia.

Comienzo a quejarme:
- hasta el 20% casi me da algo xq todo el rato daban vuelta al final del anterior libro y no habia nada nuevo. Además añadian muchisimos nombres nuevos suecos y personajes y no habia biblia de personaje, asi q menos mal q me puse modo "puras vibes" xq habia veces q me hacia la picha un lio

- cuando se empieza a desarrollar toda la trama se meten en unos lios, en unas conspiraciones, q si tw digo la verdad me entretenian, pero tampoco me han encantado xq a veces era demasiado rebuscado llegando a la locura
ya te digo puras vibes o mueres

- si eres un personaje de edte escritor duermes desnudo 100% (cosa q no me importa pero y9 no hag9 jamas) y te metes en la bañera 3 veces al dia y comes sandwiches todo el rato

- vale hay unos asesinatos buenos q me han dejado GRITANDO

- uma vez suceden estas muertqs se desarrolla la conspirqcion maxima, q la verdad me ha gustado, a veces un poco loca pero esta guay

- Hay personajes muy odiosos q solo estan hechos para entorpecer la historia y me gusta haberlos odiado para luego reventarlos. hay alguno q es solo q es tonto de remate jsjsj

- otra cosa obviamente esto sucede en suecia y todos son rubios pero q quiered q te diga, yo no me he imaginado a un solo personaje rubio para mi todod tenian el pelo moreno

- hay frases cringeantes de mikael con sus ligues obviamebte, xq sigue siendo un hombre IRRESISTIBLE x cualquier mujer (no tiene sentido)
yo creo q el autor escribio ese personaje como su hubiera querido ser el ese, xq lo pone como un dios, un hombre sin fallos sin defectos, irresistible y vamos exitoso
inverodimil y cringe

kcrouth's review

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3.0

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is an interesting, albeit slower moving, conclusion to the 2nd book in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire. While it resolved all of the major hanging plot threads in the previous book, it was not done in as interesting and engrossing way. I'm glad i read through the end of the trilogy, but the first two were much more satisfying. If you read #1 and #2, then you probably want to read #3 as well to find closure, but be prepared for a book that is a bit more effort to get through. I still love the character of Lisbeth, she is a very interesting personality. She rocks.

klparmley's review against another edition

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5.0

I have truly enjoyed this series better than any in a very long time.

markroces's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75