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queeneallie's review
4.0
They drink a lot of coffee in Sweden. And, Stieg Larssen writes awesome books.
ne4's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
averyiacavone's review
4.0
This book took me literally a month to finish… I could not get into it, which really disappointed me because I was absolutely obsessed with the first book. It took me until chapter 20 to actually start enjoying it. I think there were lots of characters that were hard to keep straight and lots of buildup that took awhile. That being said, the final 10 chapters of the book were sooo good, which is why I’m still giving it 3.5 stars. There’s one more book in the trilogy, hopefully that one picks up for me a little quicker.
gothiclibrarian's review
4.0
This was my favorite book of the series. We get to see Lisbeth in a completely new setting and kind of opening up a little bit around people as well as getting a better understanding of her past. I love that the scenery changed but that Lisbeth hadn’t changed her ways completely. We also get to see Blomkvist continue his journalism awesomeness in that he inadvertently or purposefully likes to take down the corrupt.
I couldn’t read this one fast enough. I kept wanting to skip ahead a little bit to see if what I thought was going to happen was true. I wasn’t prepared for the last few chapters. It was one of the most amazing cliffhangers that I had ever read.
I couldn’t read this one fast enough. I kept wanting to skip ahead a little bit to see if what I thought was going to happen was true. I wasn’t prepared for the last few chapters. It was one of the most amazing cliffhangers that I had ever read.
laurenshikari's review against another edition
4.0
I'll start off by saying that I liked the girl with the dragon tattoo so much that I was quite wary of reading the sequel! I was afraid the storyline would not be as good and I would end up disliking it. I thoroughly enjoyed the plot of the first one and I was concerned that a different plot would fail to pull me in. I could not have been more wrong! The story grabbed me straight away and had me making my own theories and conclusions throughout the whole of the book. Maybe a little too much detail at parts and I think the ending was a bit abrupt.
jane_carr's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
makremi's review
2.0
This book is a rough read, though technically competent in a lot of ways the author makes some very odd choices about what details to include and how to structure the story.
It is more character driven than the first, but Larsson choices to run full tilt away from the action and excitement at the core of the story over and over in this book choosing instead to talk about what brand new characters are doing. This makes this book fairly frustrating to read. There were maybe two moments that really pulled me in hard and the big one get ignored for two hundred pages before it is explored (in a paragraph of summary) at all. There is building suspense and then there is just wasting you readers time and squandering their good will. This book does far more of the second than the first.
Because a lot of poor choices were made in this book, and even though it is a more well crafted piece of writing than the first in many ways, I definitely didn't see the same spark that pulled me through the messy parts of its predecessor in this.
It is more character driven than the first, but Larsson choices to run full tilt away from the action and excitement at the core of the story over and over in this book choosing instead to talk about what brand new characters are doing. This makes this book fairly frustrating to read. There were maybe two moments that really pulled me in hard and the big one get ignored for two hundred pages before it is explored (in a paragraph of summary) at all. There is building suspense and then there is just wasting you readers time and squandering their good will. This book does far more of the second than the first.
Because a lot of poor choices were made in this book, and even though it is a more well crafted piece of writing than the first in many ways, I definitely didn't see the same spark that pulled me through the messy parts of its predecessor in this.
mari_aurora's review
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
jaycarter_jpg's review against another edition
5.0
What an ending. That cliffhanger?!? I didn’t expect that considering book one had a conclusion and didn’t leave it wide open! Wow! Now I’m going to have to pick up book three and continue this crazy journey! Salander, I’m coming for you in book three! Hold tight!