Reviews

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

ingread27's review against another edition

3.0

I would give this book 3.5 stars, I think. I'm a little hard on crime novels as I used to read a ton of them and just don't anymore. But this was a fast read, kept me involved, made my flights go by quickly, and I enjoyed the main characters. I liked the financial webbing part of it, kept me sharp. But I found it to have the specifics of every Apple computer listed out, as thought it were Apple advertising. That was a bit odd. I look forward to reading his other two books.

freddy_confetti's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

smusie's review against another edition

4.0

Compulsively readable.

I read this on my Kindle; can I just say, sometimes I can be a total idiot? The story involves a large family, so the author thoughtfully provided a family tree at the beginning, to keep all the Vangers straight. I adore books with family trees, maps, anything like that. So I'm reading along bemoaning the fact that there's no way to turn back to the family tree on a Kindle, blasting the Kindle for being so un-booklike, yadda yadda yadda. Then, almost at the end of the book, I had some vague stirring in what passes for my mind, checked, and sure enough there is a way to set a bookmark on your Kindle. So, OK, now I can bitch and moan that you have to press some buttons instead of physically flipping back in the book, and doesn't that suck to be so un-high-touch, but basically I'm an idiot.

joey1914's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

samanyana's review against another edition

slow-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? Yes

4.75

bluehaneul's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 "Salander never forgot an injustice, and by nature she was anything but forgiving" 

edarena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

noravora's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

logolepsy_e's review against another edition

4.0

Un'avventura mozzafiato che coinvolge una ricca famiglia di industriali dal passato losco e oscuro, ambientata nelle fredde terre del Norrland svedese, con protagonisti due personaggi interessanti e intriganti alla ricerca di una sedicenne misteriosamente scomparsa da quasi quarant'anni.
Gli ottimi commenti e le eccellenti critiche ricevute da questo romanzo non si smentiscono minimamente.
Personalmente non sono una grande appassionata di polizieschi e di noir, ma questo romanzo mi ha realmente tenuta incollata alle pagine, tanto da lasciarmi sveglia a divorarlo fino a notte fonda.
La trama è ottimamente costruita, nulla è lasciato al caso e, proprio come il lavoro che svolgono nel romanzo i due protagonisti, tutto viene analizzato ed esposto dettagliatamente e con cura.
Ogni singolo personaggio è perfettamente caratterizzato e, nonostante la sovrabbondanza di nomi e persone da ricordare, ogni nuovo individuo che compare è così ben presentato che non si può dimenticare neanche provandoci.
La scrittura, inoltre, sebbene presenti spesso lunghe spiegazioni su argomenti piuttosto complessi, è semplice, chiara e facilmente capibile. La lettura riesce così scorrevole e non risulta mai pesante. Unica, piccola pecca sono i nomi di luoghi e persone che, essendo in svedese, risultano leggermente difficili e complicati da tenere a mente.
Per il resto, il primo capitolo della trilogia Millennium è un romanzo eccellente sotto tutti i punti di vista, capace di coinvolgere il lettore come pochi altri libri sanno fare e di tenerlo con gli occhi incollati alle quasi 700 pagine.

soniajessica's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.0