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4.27 AVERAGE
Frankly got tired of slogging through the "classic" Moby Dick and wanted to see what the fuss was about. Blazed through the Millennium trilogy over the Christmas holidays. Lisbeth is the anti-Bella. Book 2 was a bit of tough and really seemed the preface to Book 3 which rounded out the series nicely. First experience with the iPad as an eReader and I'm hooked.
This trilogy was extremely engaging. I couldn’t put the books down and finished all 3 in less than 2 weeks. There’s action, romance, and plot twists that never stop coming. I will definitely read again.
This are ones of my favorite books, they are impossible to put down, and I felt kind of sad when I ended the trilogy because I was really attached with the characters, it seems like we were friends.
My mom has a theory that some parts of this books are based on true stories but are portrayed as a fiction because the author didn't have enough proof to take them to court or media.
I really think this books are out of the ordinary and made me really struggle to find something as good to read to keep my interested alive after I finished them.
Please read them, you won't regret it.
My mom has a theory that some parts of this books are based on true stories but are portrayed as a fiction because the author didn't have enough proof to take them to court or media.
I really think this books are out of the ordinary and made me really struggle to find something as good to read to keep my interested alive after I finished them.
Please read them, you won't regret it.
Amazing. I love these three books. A must read.
Wow, the most compelling books I have read probably ever!
I knew very little about these books when I decided to read them but so many people who's opinions I respect and value had mentioned how good they were.
When I started the first book I wasn't entirely sure how I would get on with it but all of a sudden something happened and I just couldn't stop reading it and when I wasn't I couldn't stop thinking about when I would next be able to pick it up. The introduction to the characters was executed perfectly in this book which could have been a lone book detailing the investigations of a journalist and a computer hacker into the disappearance of a teenager 40 yrs prior to the investigation. This it is not though and I am so pleased, what may seem bizarre and unnecessary in this novel becomes incredibly relevant in the later two books.
There are a number of scenes throughout the series that made me question why they were included, the unfortunate and very violent rape of Lisbeth Salander in the first book being one of them. When reading it I thought it seemed completely irrelevant to the story and was unnecessary and gratuitous violence for the sake of nothing other than creating shock to the reader. When it later became clear how Bjurman is linked to a larger conspiracy in Lisbeth's past it becomes incredibly relevant and in some aspects even more distressing than the initial incident would portray.
The second and third books in the series are laced with conspiracy and intrigue and the horror the story unveils is utterly shocking. The depth of the story is like nothing I have ever read before and at times I couldn't believe this was all from someone's head, just an incredible example of writing.
I would recommend this book to anyone, I couldn't get enough of it and I miss them already.
I knew very little about these books when I decided to read them but so many people who's opinions I respect and value had mentioned how good they were.
When I started the first book I wasn't entirely sure how I would get on with it but all of a sudden something happened and I just couldn't stop reading it and when I wasn't I couldn't stop thinking about when I would next be able to pick it up. The introduction to the characters was executed perfectly in this book which could have been a lone book detailing the investigations of a journalist and a computer hacker into the disappearance of a teenager 40 yrs prior to the investigation. This it is not though and I am so pleased, what may seem bizarre and unnecessary in this novel becomes incredibly relevant in the later two books.
There are a number of scenes throughout the series that made me question why they were included, the unfortunate and very violent rape of Lisbeth Salander in the first book being one of them. When reading it I thought it seemed completely irrelevant to the story and was unnecessary and gratuitous violence for the sake of nothing other than creating shock to the reader. When it later became clear how Bjurman is linked to a larger conspiracy in Lisbeth's past it becomes incredibly relevant and in some aspects even more distressing than the initial incident would portray.
The second and third books in the series are laced with conspiracy and intrigue and the horror the story unveils is utterly shocking. The depth of the story is like nothing I have ever read before and at times I couldn't believe this was all from someone's head, just an incredible example of writing.
I would recommend this book to anyone, I couldn't get enough of it and I miss them already.
Authors who are only published posthumously rarely get the attention they deserve', or any attention at all. Fortunately, such is not the case with the late Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy -- it starts off slow, and soon winds itself into a tight knot of tautly-written thriller and mystery elements. It's raw, bleak, intensely disturbing noir.
In "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," take-no-prisoners journalist Mikael Blomkvist has just lost his reputation, his savings and his freedom (hello, jail sentence!) after a nasty libel suit from an executive named Wennerström.
Then he's unexpectedly contacted by aged industrialist Henrik Vanger, to discover what happened to the guy's grandniece. He's offering evidence on Wennerström, so Mikael has no choice but to accept -- and as he investigates the sinister Vanger family, he joins forces with Lisbeth Salander, an eccentric, abused computer hacker. And as Mikael unearths the clues to Harriet's disappearance, he also finds some skeletons long kept buried.
"The Girl Who Played With Fire" finds Mikael investigating sex trafficking in his own country, and young girls who are sold into it. Unknown to him, Lisbeth is keeping very close tabs on his work -- especially since she was abused as a child, and now plots revenge on the sex traffickers. But when she's accused of murder and ends up on the run, Mikael must discover what lies at the core of these crimes...
"The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest" takes place directly after the second book. Lisbeth has been shot in the head, her malevolent dad Zalachenko is in the same hospital, and some nasty government forces want her locked away, as she was as a child. Her only hope lies in Mikael, who must unravel a government conspiracy formed around the young hacker...
Finally, "On Stieg Larsson" is a solid accompaniment to this trilogy -- it's a nonfiction book that compiles four essays about him along with his email exchanges with his editor. Reading his own viewpoints on his characters and books really shines a spotlight on different facets of their stories, and why he wrote them the way he did.
Larsson's books are a unique blend of old and new -- he takes the usual mystery/thriller tropes (locked room mystery, government conspiracies) and enfolds it in a ruthless, blistering look at modern Swedish society and sexual aggression. It's a dark, dangerous, unfair world where the truth is quashed, powerful forces conspire against individuals, and women are treated horribly -- usually shown via the eccentric, punky "girl with the dragon tattoo."
His prose is rather bleak and often quite gritty, and a certain brand of understated passion shines through -- the kind that feels the need to express itself even though it takes place in fiction. And while most of the first book focuses in Mikael, in the second and third Larssen's style splits in half -- one half is the more staid, ordinary perspective of Mikael and others, and the other half is the wild nihilism of Lisbeth ("If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken up, then death was nothing to worry about. She would hardly notice the difference").
Mikael and Salander make an intriguing odd couple. He starts world-weary and demoralized that he seems to care about nothing, but regains his passion for the truth; the only downside is that he's a bit Marty Stuish, since all women seem to adore him. And Salander is a mass of hurts and quirks -- she's a vibrant, wild genius who lashes out at those who hurt women, and has been constantly tortured by those around her since childhood (even as an adult, she's forced to have a legal guardian).
Take your average thriller/mysteries, smother them in disillusioned, morally-bankrupt noir... and you'll have something like the Millennium Trilogy. A hard read, but worth the journey.
In "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," take-no-prisoners journalist Mikael Blomkvist has just lost his reputation, his savings and his freedom (hello, jail sentence!) after a nasty libel suit from an executive named Wennerström.
Then he's unexpectedly contacted by aged industrialist Henrik Vanger, to discover what happened to the guy's grandniece. He's offering evidence on Wennerström, so Mikael has no choice but to accept -- and as he investigates the sinister Vanger family, he joins forces with Lisbeth Salander, an eccentric, abused computer hacker. And as Mikael unearths the clues to Harriet's disappearance, he also finds some skeletons long kept buried.
"The Girl Who Played With Fire" finds Mikael investigating sex trafficking in his own country, and young girls who are sold into it. Unknown to him, Lisbeth is keeping very close tabs on his work -- especially since she was abused as a child, and now plots revenge on the sex traffickers. But when she's accused of murder and ends up on the run, Mikael must discover what lies at the core of these crimes...
"The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest" takes place directly after the second book. Lisbeth has been shot in the head, her malevolent dad Zalachenko is in the same hospital, and some nasty government forces want her locked away, as she was as a child. Her only hope lies in Mikael, who must unravel a government conspiracy formed around the young hacker...
Finally, "On Stieg Larsson" is a solid accompaniment to this trilogy -- it's a nonfiction book that compiles four essays about him along with his email exchanges with his editor. Reading his own viewpoints on his characters and books really shines a spotlight on different facets of their stories, and why he wrote them the way he did.
Larsson's books are a unique blend of old and new -- he takes the usual mystery/thriller tropes (locked room mystery, government conspiracies) and enfolds it in a ruthless, blistering look at modern Swedish society and sexual aggression. It's a dark, dangerous, unfair world where the truth is quashed, powerful forces conspire against individuals, and women are treated horribly -- usually shown via the eccentric, punky "girl with the dragon tattoo."
His prose is rather bleak and often quite gritty, and a certain brand of understated passion shines through -- the kind that feels the need to express itself even though it takes place in fiction. And while most of the first book focuses in Mikael, in the second and third Larssen's style splits in half -- one half is the more staid, ordinary perspective of Mikael and others, and the other half is the wild nihilism of Lisbeth ("If death was the black emptiness from which she had just woken up, then death was nothing to worry about. She would hardly notice the difference").
Mikael and Salander make an intriguing odd couple. He starts world-weary and demoralized that he seems to care about nothing, but regains his passion for the truth; the only downside is that he's a bit Marty Stuish, since all women seem to adore him. And Salander is a mass of hurts and quirks -- she's a vibrant, wild genius who lashes out at those who hurt women, and has been constantly tortured by those around her since childhood (even as an adult, she's forced to have a legal guardian).
Take your average thriller/mysteries, smother them in disillusioned, morally-bankrupt noir... and you'll have something like the Millennium Trilogy. A hard read, but worth the journey.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
Best Trilogy I have found. You do not want to put these books down because the writing sucks you right in to the story.