3.51 AVERAGE

Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Loved this series so hard... kind of disappointed by the almost anticlimactic ending. It was too neat. Long live Lisbeth!!
adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No



I want Lisbeth to be happy and maybe spend her time pilfering money from rich folks and distributing it to those in need. I think it's time to put this series to rest.

Always a fan of the girl with the dragon tattoo, and while this one was just as engaging and thrilling as others, it did feel a little frayed at the edges by the end. The vectors of the story to Everest were a bit much off center for me. But I still enjoyed the read

I loved this one. It was ver violent, at times, of course. The love story was inadequately developed for me. The actual "mystery" was wonderfully told.
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A lot of characters in this one - a little hard to keep track, especially given that a few of them turned out to not be important to the narrative. 
Mikael is a particularly flat character in this one - it’s hard to grasp why every woman seems to be wildly in love with him. 
I liked the mystery of the dead man, which is mostly what drove my 3.5 rating. Salander’s story, on the other hand, felt like a complete after thought and was not related to the “main” story at all. It’s strange to read a book where the titular “girl,” Lizbeth, has essentially been regulated to a tertiary character in favor of Mikael. 

rav1oli's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 26%

Couldn't get into the story, might come back to it later 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No