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jpalms0626's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Reading this book in 2024 was tough, a lot of the character descriptions felt rather dated and offensive at times. I found it super weird how characters talked about Salander, though I’m not sure if that was the point (to make us dislike the characters discussing her) the mystery portion was interesting, especially between like 50-75 percent. Before and after that the pacing felt slow and off. Not for me, it was an okay story and well developed mystery that wasn’t too off the walls with twists, so I did like that
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Antisemitism
jbigelow's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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
4.5
markcastaneda's review against another edition
4.0
idk pretty good story but some excess and some parts of the writing just didn't grip me but i did like
jillian_roberts's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Who doesn't love the dysfunctional-family-with-secrets trope? This book was entertaining, but verrrrryyy drawn out. Definitely took a fat minute for me to get into (and out of) since who actually cares about financial scandals? Also, I feel like every time there was a huge change of events, it immediately went back to being slow. On the bright side, Larsson did a great job at making you care about the two main characters, which always makes a book better in my opinion. I also really enjoyed how complex the main mystery was- it felt like a criminal minds episode on crack. Overall, good, interesting mystery/thriller.
chupito's review against another edition
3.0
Tenia ganas de empezar esta trilogía porque siempre me han dicho que estaba genial, y en general me ha gustado, pero telita con muchas cosas, telita
(el hype me habia hecho pensar q podia ser libro 5⭐️)
Para emezar hasta la página 300 no se pone casi interesante (mitad del libro)
Se nota q el libro lo ha escrito un hombre, de lejos, por las cosas q suelta
El personaje de Lisbeth es lo q mas me ha gustado, aunq a veces a la pobre la pintan de unas maneras...
la trama ha estado bien, pero pensaba q iba a haber mas plot twist y cosas guays, un poco predecible. Le doy 3⭐️ xq me ha enganchado, pero telita con el tio
por cierto, no sw como hacen para meter siempre a los nazis de x medio
a y memeo q el escritor a veces sin contexto te dija q lisbeth se puso una camiseta con el siguiente texto: (procede a insertar una frase en ingled de tia chula
(el hype me habia hecho pensar q podia ser libro 5⭐️)
Para emezar hasta la página 300 no se pone casi interesante (mitad del libro)
Se nota q el libro lo ha escrito un hombre, de lejos, por las cosas q suelta
El personaje de Lisbeth es lo q mas me ha gustado, aunq a veces a la pobre la pintan de unas maneras...
la trama ha estado bien, pero pensaba q iba a haber mas plot twist y cosas guays, un poco predecible. Le doy 3⭐️ xq me ha enganchado, pero telita con el tio
por cierto, no sw como hacen para meter siempre a los nazis de x medio
a y memeo q el escritor a veces sin contexto te dija q lisbeth se puso una camiseta con el siguiente texto: (procede a insertar una frase en ingled de tia chula
braskbrask's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
4.0
abbywebb's review against another edition
4.0
Great mystery novel by a late Swedish writer. The story started off rather slow, especially considering it was such a long book. It picked up somewhere in the middle (around the July chapters), and when I say picked up I mean it was a complete page-turner. Prior to July I just had to force myself to keep going - rather daunting when you still have hundreds of pages left.
After the very dramatic turn of events in the middle of the story and the solving of the initial mystery, the book lost its focus again, concentrating on some minor sub-plot that was built up at the beginning of the book. By this time, I was just ready for it to be over.
In general, this was an interesting book to read. Sort of a Swedish version of a Dan Brown book with less consistent page-turning suspense. I can say that I would seek out the next book in the trilogy to read. It involves the same main two characters but there is a completely new mystery. I am hoping that after penning the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Larsson mastered his writing style to be more consistently fascinating and wild. We'll see about that.
Recommended to someone looking for a mystery, who doesn't get dismayed by foreign names of places and characters or by many many many pages. It's worth a read.
After the very dramatic turn of events in the middle of the story and the solving of the initial mystery, the book lost its focus again, concentrating on some minor sub-plot that was built up at the beginning of the book. By this time, I was just ready for it to be over.
In general, this was an interesting book to read. Sort of a Swedish version of a Dan Brown book with less consistent page-turning suspense. I can say that I would seek out the next book in the trilogy to read. It involves the same main two characters but there is a completely new mystery. I am hoping that after penning the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Larsson mastered his writing style to be more consistently fascinating and wild. We'll see about that.
Recommended to someone looking for a mystery, who doesn't get dismayed by foreign names of places and characters or by many many many pages. It's worth a read.
kcrouth's review against another edition
4.0
This suspense / mystery is an engaging and fast paced read. I had heard of this series for quite a while, and then stumbled upon the Swedish film of the story on Netflix. I watched it twice and loved it, albeit a dark and troubling story. I especially loved the casting of Noomi Rapace as hacker researcher Lisbeth Salander. So after watching the film twice, i wanted to read the book. I am glad i did, as it helped tie together many plot connections which i had missed in the subtitled film. I plan to continue the trilogy, reading the second book "The Girl Who Played with Fire" before i continue the second in the film trilogy. I recommend this book, it's a great read.
booksandbars's review against another edition
4.0
Will discuss Oct 13th at Bryant Lake Bowl or on booksandbars.com
klparmley's review against another edition
5.0
I liked watching it first and then reading it. How many times have you gotten ticked because a movie didn't live up to your idea of the book? Or they left out something you thought was important? And, for me, in this instance, the book is so much more full of stuff than the quite excellent movie, I didn't feel like I lost any thing by knowing how it turned out.