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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
Wow. I sprinted through this one, helped by a few lovely days at the beach or on the front patio in my new lawn chair. I *did* skip around a little bit at the start when there is a LOT of information about politics/intelligence/history of Sweden. I had a pretty good grasp of what was up after the second "Girl Who" book, so I skipped over the sections the policy wonks might love. That said, the stuff was skippable! The story in general moved so fast that I just kept moving on, on, on to find out what happened.
SEMI-SPOILER ALERT: Interesting point: the first book is the most disturbing. Granted, there were some gross parts in #2 and certainly some violence and disgusting details in #3, but the sexual detail is much less disturbing. Still, Larsson creates such a sense of fear and foreboding that it took me quite a while to realize that things turned out okay. I could, of course, have become inured: considering that at one point in the book someone comes up with a tally of 8 murders in one place and that's before at least four more deaths, I could see some people protesting. I guess my final, overall statement would be that the whole "Girl Who--" series is excellent, highly-pitched, brilliantly plotted suspense.
SEMI-SPOILER ALERT: Interesting point: the first book is the most disturbing. Granted, there were some gross parts in #2 and certainly some violence and disgusting details in #3, but the sexual detail is much less disturbing. Still, Larsson creates such a sense of fear and foreboding that it took me quite a while to realize that things turned out okay. I could, of course, have become inured: considering that at one point in the book someone comes up with a tally of 8 murders in one place and that's before at least four more deaths, I could see some people protesting. I guess my final, overall statement would be that the whole "Girl Who--" series is excellent, highly-pitched, brilliantly plotted suspense.
A sentimental 5 stars for the 3rd book of a trilogy I thoroughly enjoyed.
Lisbeth Salander is a unique protagonist, though she is passive for much of the beginning of the book. I'm aware that the books are can be considered feminist and/or sexist for various parts of the story, but that didn't mar my enjoyment. I like the matter of fact way Larsson incorporates hacking & computers into the story. He's skilled at introducing new characters. I was a satisfied customer with this conclusion and especially enjoyed Lisbeth's
final vincictive F You to someone who'd hurt her.
Lisbeth Salander is a unique protagonist, though she is passive for much of the beginning of the book. I'm aware that the books are can be considered feminist and/or sexist for various parts of the story, but that didn't mar my enjoyment. I like the matter of fact way Larsson incorporates hacking & computers into the story. He's skilled at introducing new characters. I was a satisfied customer with this conclusion and especially enjoyed Lisbeth's
final vincictive F You to someone who'd hurt her.
Whew! Well, I think I finally understand what has made these books so compelling. The bad guys are so excessively bad that it's just fun reading about them getting caught. Especially by a small, enigmatic, woman who is so fiercely herself. The whole plot is written so that it never seems as simple as "brave girl catches bad guys and hands them their fannies." But of course, at the bottom, that's what it is.
The genius is in the details: Larsson does a marvelous job of describing both mundane ordinary life and extraordinary circumstances in such a way that he allows you (who also does things like shop at Ikea and take baths, heat up microwave pizzas, and eat a lot of sandwiches featuring cheese!) to imagine yourself doing the other, more dramatic feats: namelessly and heroically protecting victimized women, beating up people way bigger/more muscular/heavily armed than you, hacking the whole world, and standing up to an entire government conspiracy. Larsson's exhaustive details, intricate plots, and fabulously-paced action scenes and reveals are just darn fun to read. I'm really sad he's gone. I would have liked eight or nine more of these.
The genius is in the details: Larsson does a marvelous job of describing both mundane ordinary life and extraordinary circumstances in such a way that he allows you (who also does things like shop at Ikea and take baths, heat up microwave pizzas, and eat a lot of sandwiches featuring cheese!) to imagine yourself doing the other, more dramatic feats: namelessly and heroically protecting victimized women, beating up people way bigger/more muscular/heavily armed than you, hacking the whole world, and standing up to an entire government conspiracy. Larsson's exhaustive details, intricate plots, and fabulously-paced action scenes and reveals are just darn fun to read. I'm really sad he's gone. I would have liked eight or nine more of these.
I'm sad to see this series end. While "The [b:Girl With the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275608878s/2429135.jpg|1708725]" was a bit hard to get into, the subsequent books didn't have that issue at all. The characters in these stories, including some of the more minor parts, were so well crafted that it left me wanting more.
I did struggle through all three books with the Swedish names, but the compelling stories made it worthwhile.
I did struggle through all three books with the Swedish names, but the compelling stories made it worthwhile.
I hated for this book to end! This was the last of the series, and it meant saying good-bye to Lisbeth. I adored all three books!
This book was AMAZING. I think book 2 was truly my favorite because of seeing the characters and relationships evolve. This one was amazing because of the level of intricacy created in the legal battle. Truly a brilliant series.
dark
mysterious
tense
I liked how this one was different from the first two. It was too long, and yet I did not want it to end.