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momopup420's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Incest, Sexism, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Antisemitism
rmdhakal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
dizzypanda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Torture
clemthecat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
I understand the text is translated from Swedish, but I find the writing very bland... It isn't great writing in my opinion. A lot of info dumps on unnecessary/uninteresting backstory. The characters feel two dimensional, and in dialogue they all sound the same. Blomkvist was a boring man that slept with lots of women and went for runs and made lots of coffee. Cool. Salander was supposed to be "not like the other girls" but I just found her to be this stereotypical "goth girl" "hacker" persona and it was a bit cringey. I felt the author could have fleshed out the characters further. I just couldn't sympathise or relate to anyone.
The plot wasn't that enticing to me. Perhaps it's just not my thing, but I wasn't quite drawn into the mystery, and I was not shocked by any of the revelations. I feel there was far too much narration and not enough actual ACTION. I think that could have made the story much richer.
Not a very satisfying read for me. It's easy reading, finished in only a few days, but just wasn't my cup of tea. I don't think I'll read the sequel, just because I wasn't impressed with this one.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
ashleymullin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Sexism, Gore, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Animal cruelty
solaceinliterature's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
maiahhtratchh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Rape
Moderate: Incest, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Pedophilia
beabookish's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence
_gabrielle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
- The violence men act against women doesn’t come from nowhere. It isn’t the result of insane psychopaths who are nazis and rape their children and have sex dungeons that they kidnap and kill women in. It’s the result of a culture that tells ALL men women are the “safety valves for everything that goes wrong in their lives”. Women’s bodies and experiences are sexualized to the point of normalization. To the point that it looks like nature and not culture are the root of our sexuality.
- Constantly talking about breasts
- Salander is written as bisexual only to fetishize her. She “much prefers men” …it’s only to make her cool and interesting and hot to the reader
- Every male character is attracted/fantasizes about salander even the “good ones” all of whom are old enough to be her father
- There is no female character with dialogue (beside briefly Isabella) who is not described sexually and wants to sleep/does sleep with Blomvquist
- Salander throwing herself at Blom and him accepting…. The book is about the sexual violence men enact against women. Even the “good guy” looks at this CHILD who is clearly fucked up and thinks yeah i should fuck her. I’m not taking advantage of this broken girl in any way. He even mentions he’s old enough to be her father and salander tells him he’s one of the good ones. THE GOOD ONES DONT FUCK BROKEN 24 YEAR OLDS MORE THAN HALF THEIR AGE.
- Author clearly sees himself as Blom
- You can’t write a book trying to bring to light the sexual violence enacted against women while simultaneously reinforcing the culture that creates and enables this violence. Women do not exist to be the providers of men’s sexual satisfaction. By writing a book that portrays every single female character in a sexual light; By writing salander in a way that is “strangely” irresistible to every man that comes across her; the author calls out the symptom of the problem while writing a book that reproduces the root of the problem. It’s a display of liberal male privilege that he gets to call out the “bad guys” and make himself the “good guy”. But both are participating in the same behaviour only to different extremes.
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Ableism
camillesuzannes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Animal death
Moderate: Antisemitism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Xenophobia
Minor: Abortion, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts