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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
This book was so good! The ending have me nervous. I have to see what happens next!
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After all the hubbub over Larsson's books, I thought I'd enjoy the series more. It is captivating but I wouldn't put this on my "read again" list. And, exactly, how much coffee can these characters drink????
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence
I really enjoy this series. This book gives you more background on Lizbeth, which I appreciate. It was so good that I stayed up reading it even though I was on the road driving 1700 miles and staying in somewhat questionable motels and perhaps arguing with the husband, because that happens when you are hauling all of your earthly possessions halfway across the country. Can't wait to start the final chapter, I'm hoping that Michael and Lizbeth will finally truly resolve their issues. No matter how they end up (friends, lovers, partners, etc), I just want them to get to a good place with each other.
The continuous adventures of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvest is just okay. I loved the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This story had a lot of the same elements, but just didn't click like the first one did. The mystery is a lot more personal to Lisbeth, and we get to know her character more, but the way the mystery was told just didn't work for me, and it's not that the mystery was boring, it was sometime very compelling, but not all the time.
The Plot: Is based on events that happened in the first book. It starts right where the last one left off with Lisbeth dealing with her love for Mikael, and her being sure he could never love her back. She goes abroad to figure stuff out and has an adventure in Geneva. She returns not knowing that her caretaker that raped her, and she blackmailed him with the tape and the tattoo that said, he's a rapist pedophile, is seeking his own revenge involving deadly members of a sex trafficking ring. Meanwhile Mikael is still riding high off of his expose book of blackmail and deceit. Has a couple Dag and Mia who are reporting on sex trafficking for Millennium magazine. The couple are murdered because of their curiosities and Lisbeth is the main suspect in the murder. There are a lot of details that I left off which would be potential spoilers.
What I liked: Lisbeth Salander is still one fantastic character, when she is missing from the novel you feel it. I loved the beginning with the small adventure on Geneva, I found that written really well. I liked the background of the character's of the mystery and how they connected. I loved the character of Ronald Niedermann, he's scary but also I also felt sorry for him.
What I disliked: The details are too much, I don't need to know every piece of furniture that Lisbeth bought at Ikea for her apartment. The novel repeats conversations a couple of times, which is annoying. Lisbeth is gone for too long, I kept waiting for her to pop up again, but her taking an 80 to hundred page break in the middle was too much and really slowed down the book. While the the first novel was pretty straight foreword, this novel jumps around too much with it's character's and slows down the momentum.
I would recommend reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo whole heartedly. But this one I barely recommend if you're like me, you want to read the original trilogy, this book was a misstep but I want to continue on. I will say this book kind of sort of leaves on a cliffhanger. I hope the next book I will enjoy more, I will give this a 3.2 stars.
The Plot: Is based on events that happened in the first book. It starts right where the last one left off with Lisbeth dealing with her love for Mikael, and her being sure he could never love her back. She goes abroad to figure stuff out and has an adventure in Geneva. She returns not knowing that her caretaker that raped her, and she blackmailed him with the tape and the tattoo that said, he's a rapist pedophile, is seeking his own revenge involving deadly members of a sex trafficking ring. Meanwhile Mikael is still riding high off of his expose book of blackmail and deceit. Has a couple Dag and Mia who are reporting on sex trafficking for Millennium magazine. The couple are murdered because of their curiosities and Lisbeth is the main suspect in the murder. There are a lot of details that I left off which would be potential spoilers.
What I liked: Lisbeth Salander is still one fantastic character, when she is missing from the novel you feel it. I loved the beginning with the small adventure on Geneva, I found that written really well. I liked the background of the character's of the mystery and how they connected. I loved the character of Ronald Niedermann, he's scary but also I also felt sorry for him.
What I disliked: The details are too much, I don't need to know every piece of furniture that Lisbeth bought at Ikea for her apartment. The novel repeats conversations a couple of times, which is annoying. Lisbeth is gone for too long, I kept waiting for her to pop up again, but her taking an 80 to hundred page break in the middle was too much and really slowed down the book. While the the first novel was pretty straight foreword, this novel jumps around too much with it's character's and slows down the momentum.
I would recommend reading The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo whole heartedly. But this one I barely recommend if you're like me, you want to read the original trilogy, this book was a misstep but I want to continue on. I will say this book kind of sort of leaves on a cliffhanger. I hope the next book I will enjoy more, I will give this a 3.2 stars.
this one started great but had some parts in the middle that were a little slower for me. ended with a bang though!
It is one of the best books I have ever read. It kept me reading until it was done and I still didnt get all the answers I wanted. I am really eager to read the next book and get the conclusions for the plot. Great book if you like mysteries and detective novels.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This one lost the plot for me. I’m supposed to believe that book #1 Lisbeth would get a “life changing”boob job because she felt insecure about her flat chest? That she would totally ignore Blomkvist and put him in multiple dangerous situations because she fell in love with him at the end of book #1 and was mad that he was still sleeping with Berger? Not to mention the fact that somehow everyone and their mother (including a sixteen year old boy!!!!) wanted to sleep with Lisbeth— pre boob-job, mind you— despite the fact that she was repeatedly described as looking like a fourteen year old? Some parts of the book were good but a lot of the parts really just pissed me off. I’ll be reading the third one but I won’t be happy about it