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龙文身的女孩 by Stieg Larsson

32 reviews

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Incest

ivana's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The mystery in this book didn't pull me in like I hoped it would. The writing style wasn't for me either - it felt like big parts filled with exposition followed by big parts filled with dialogue and it never felt cohesive. Not to mention the typical male protagonist written by a man who every woman can't help but want to sleep with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion and Transphobia

pineconeprovolone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Incest, Antisemitism, Pedophilia, Ableism, Murder, Misogyny, and Mental illness

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

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

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

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

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

banana_milkshake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

The first half of the book is pretty slow as it is told in dual perspectives of Lisbeth, a genius hacker with photographic memory, and Mikael, a journalist. Once these two meet to investigate the Vanger families secrets, things really start to pick up. I watched the movie right after and it was a great experience. The movie didn't include much dialogue so reading the book before helped me to understand the scenes as it was almost the same. Lisbeth ridiculously girlbosses and I love her character but some. of the things she goes through are slightly concerning so please check trigger warnings if you are easily triggers by certain contents. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Drug use

cassiemuree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Dark and challenging but so worth it. It took me a couple tries to get into it and getting through all the Swedish places, landmarks and such was tough. But if you can stick it out through the first 1/4 it takes off and you’re along for an intense and twisting ride. I couldn’t put it down at that point and immediately read all three in the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gun violence, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

serena_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

Make sure to look at trigger warnings before reading. Big plot twist!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

shannybee's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book was definitely enjoyable and decent to drag me back into reading more frequently. There is more criticism than compliments that would come from me, so for now I say “👌🏼good book”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Death of parent

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence