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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
Well, I learned far more about how Swedish government works than I will ever care to know. The detail is certainly never lacking. This wrapped up the original trilogy nicely and satisfactorily.
I actually liked this one the best on the series! The ending was satisfying, not expected and left open a crack for more.
And so the trilogy is brought to the close with a tense, intricate tale of corruption at the heart of the Swedish secret service.
Lisbeth is again at the centre of the story, but this time it is her friends who are at the heart of the action, uncovering the truth while she recovers from the action in The Girl Who Played With Fire.
Brilliantly, the late Larsson manages to tie up all the lose ends, bringing friends back together and making sure everyone gets what they deserve.
Not one for bandwagons and fads, the Millennium trilogy deserves every bit of hype it has received. Over the course of the three books, Larsson's writing grows and develops along with the characters and the story.
Written as a three-part story, in the same way Lord Of The Rings was, Larsson's trilogy deserves it's place in the pantheon of modern classic literature.
Lisbeth is again at the centre of the story, but this time it is her friends who are at the heart of the action, uncovering the truth while she recovers from the action in The Girl Who Played With Fire.
Brilliantly, the late Larsson manages to tie up all the lose ends, bringing friends back together and making sure everyone gets what they deserve.
Not one for bandwagons and fads, the Millennium trilogy deserves every bit of hype it has received. Over the course of the three books, Larsson's writing grows and develops along with the characters and the story.
Written as a three-part story, in the same way Lord Of The Rings was, Larsson's trilogy deserves it's place in the pantheon of modern classic literature.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
a bit less nail biting than the second installment, but Larsson brings the Salander story to a great conclusion. the only downside of this book is having to say goodbye to the characters.
Je m’en remets pas. Une conclusion parfaite a cette saga. Tout le tome est incroyable, les nouveaux personnages introduits sont parfaits et apportent vraiment quelque chose. La fin est littéralement BLUFFANTE. Je n’arrêtais pas de faire des commentaires pendant ma lecture : waouw mais c’est trop stylééééé, mais c’est tellement badass, mais j’adoooooore ce qui se passe.
Millenium en résumé c’était une incroyable expérience de lecture, un récit si bien mené et si satisfaisant, c’est hallucinant tellement c’est génial.
Millenium en résumé c’était une incroyable expérience de lecture, un récit si bien mené et si satisfaisant, c’est hallucinant tellement c’est génial.
Struggling to catch up with characters/events/places
Ended up feeling slightly underwhelmed by this book... kind of wasted a few days that I'll never get back!
Ended up feeling slightly underwhelmed by this book... kind of wasted a few days that I'll never get back!
Another very enjoyable novel by Larsson, the last in the Millenium trilogy. Not quite as good as the previous two, but it was nice to see all the loose ends tied up.
This is the third and final story in the Millennium trilogy that began with '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]'. As readers of the previous two would expect, this is also a suspenseful, multi-stranded and complex thriller. I felt like I was reading an octopus with Lisbeth Salander as the body of the octopus, and all the strands and facets of what has become her very complicated life being the tentacles. Unlike the other two parts of the trilogy, she spends most of this story in a hospital bed, maybe that is where I get the idea she is the 'head' around which all the action happens. And boy does it happen. Goodies and baddies abound of course and all weave their complicated threads, the former wanting justice for Lisbeth and to uncover the dark secrets within the Swedish Secret Police; the latter wanting to ensure that Lisbeth remains locked up for the rest of her days. Even though she is bedridden, Lisbeth's unique computer skills once again come to the fore.
I keep trying to think about what has made this trilogy such compelling reading all over the world. There are the classic themes of good vs evil of course, the David and Goliath nature of Mikael/Lisbeth taking on the justice system in the 2nd book and the government in this 3rd book, the large number of strong, smart, positive female characters ranging from Lisbeth to the editor Erika Berger, to the various police officers and detectives and to Mikael's sister who more than delivers when she has her day in court. Plus you just can't get away from the fact that these books are purely and simply superb story telling. And who doesn't like a jolly good story, just like fairy tales when we were children, the goodies won, and the baddies didn't.
I keep trying to think about what has made this trilogy such compelling reading all over the world. There are the classic themes of good vs evil of course, the David and Goliath nature of Mikael/Lisbeth taking on the justice system in the 2nd book and the government in this 3rd book, the large number of strong, smart, positive female characters ranging from Lisbeth to the editor Erika Berger, to the various police officers and detectives and to Mikael's sister who more than delivers when she has her day in court. Plus you just can't get away from the fact that these books are purely and simply superb story telling. And who doesn't like a jolly good story, just like fairy tales when we were children, the goodies won, and the baddies didn't.
As a big fan of the first two novels in this trilogy, I very much hoped that the final installation of this story would not disappoint, and I was very happy with the result. Carrying on directly from the narrative point at which 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' ended, Larrson's ability to combine fully rounded characters with a complex narrative is shown just as much in this book as the previous two. If viewed as stand alone novels, or as a trilogy as a whole, these books for me represent the greatest contribution to the thriller genre to date.