Reviews tagging 'Death'

龙文身的女孩 by Stieg Larsson

102 reviews

mari_lit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

finnft4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

Definitely interesting. I think this was definitely an important book to write, especially in regards to overlooked problems. But I did feel like some of it got ahead of itself and ended up coming off as a bit melodramatic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Incest, Torture, and Dementia

aoifestardust's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

geespages's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Murder

eecrawford92's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Murder

emmaychin's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

ellensmith's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was good but unsure why everyone has to sleep together 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

addysongilmore's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I found this book was written really well but seemed to drag on. When reading this book most of the time I would feel myself wishing or waiting for something more to happen. It was a solid book and I do plan on reading at least one of the sequels, but I didn't find the ending as rewarding as some other books I recently read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death

There's one specific chapter where sexual abuse is very apparent and graphic, but it is also discussed multiple times throughout the book. Book. Death is also a theme in this book because it is following and unsolved murder.

bubothereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Do you ever read a book that you enjoy, but you also want it very far away from you when you finish it? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  was that book for me. It's mysterious, well-written, and intriguing. But, it's also traumatic, triggering, and brutal—probably the most trigger warnings I've ever put on a book. 

I thought Larsson wrote strong characters, created a spooky atmosphere, had great pacing, and had fine writing (though it might be better in its native Swedish). But, I can't get past how graphic this novel is. Some scenes are still scarred in my head and I wish I'd never read them. I skimmed over it where I could, but he also wove important plot points into those scenes, so they weren't entirely avoidable. 

And though there are parts of Lizbeth Salander that I like as a character, I woefully dislike that he had Blomkvist refer to her as having Asperger's Syndrome (an outdated term, but not sure if it was when this was written). Larsson wrote her VERY stereotypically for autism if this is the case. As an autistic myself, who's also been through loads of trauma, I find it disgusting to paint this violent stereotype—it's not true, even with PTSD. And even if it is true for some, using her as a character with these characteristics makes neurotypicals feel like all autistics are like this (and she's not an own-voice) or make autistics feel mislabeled and unseen.  
It's so frustrating to continue having this harmful narrative spread. It's what causes us to get held against or will, or worse. 

Finally, an incest plot. I'm sorry. I can't. If you have to stoop to incest to make your plot interesting, you've got the wrong plot. The characters were horrific enough—at that point it just felt gratuitious.

I really found the mystery intriguing. But, I can't continue with the series for the aforementioned reasons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

dankilgrave's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Dragons are SCARIER with a tattoo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Car accident