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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
My favorite of the three was The Girl Who Played with Fire as it focused so much time on Lisbeth. The other two, meh.
I think this was my favorite of the three but I felt like the others it contained an awful lot of unnecessary stories that didn't build the main characters or add to the main plot, just distracted from it. The main story is gripping however which is why I give it 4 stars.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life."
A satisfying conclusion to a well-written trilogy. You know it's good when you stay up until 2:30AM two nights in a row to finish. I'm not a big fan of mystery novels, but this series is worth the read. The characters, specifically Blomkvist and Salander are vividly realized and utterly realistic.
A satisfying conclusion to a well-written trilogy. You know it's good when you stay up until 2:30AM two nights in a row to finish. I'm not a big fan of mystery novels, but this series is worth the read. The characters, specifically Blomkvist and Salander are vividly realized and utterly realistic.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Voilà, une page se tourne. Je ne lirai plus un Millénium de Larsson. Je suis triste, très triste.
23h45
23h45
yeah... no.
I was enjoying the Millenium trilogy to a point until I got to this one. Whoa. I love Lisbeth Salander, don't get me wrong - she's an interesting, dynamic character and the only actually decently-written female character in the entire trilogy. But she gets pushed to the sidelines here. This becomes the Mikhail Blomkvist show, aka the Stieg Larsson show (I'm convinced he manifested himself in Blomkvist) and Blomkvist gets to save everyone because he's such a superhero who cares about Lisbeth even though he ultimately blames Lisbeth for all of her problems (p. 423 you read it there) even though it's well established within the book that she's the victim and it's not her fault.
That's basically it. This is such a clunkily written book with so much filler material that I found it slow-going and hard to get through. There is a subplot with Erika Berger wherein yet again, Larsson attempts to make us care about Berger. It has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the book and could easily have been excised. Blomkvist gets with another lady while saving the world; he's a regular James Bond at this point. Meanwhile, Lisbeth suddenly learns about trust overnight.
No.
I was enjoying the Millenium trilogy to a point until I got to this one. Whoa. I love Lisbeth Salander, don't get me wrong - she's an interesting, dynamic character and the only actually decently-written female character in the entire trilogy. But she gets pushed to the sidelines here. This becomes the Mikhail Blomkvist show, aka the Stieg Larsson show (I'm convinced he manifested himself in Blomkvist) and Blomkvist gets to save everyone because he's such a superhero who cares about Lisbeth even though he ultimately blames Lisbeth for all of her problems (p. 423 you read it there) even though it's well established within the book that she's the victim and it's not her fault.
That's basically it. This is such a clunkily written book with so much filler material that I found it slow-going and hard to get through. There is a subplot with Erika Berger wherein yet again, Larsson attempts to make us care about Berger. It has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the book and could easily have been excised. Blomkvist gets with another lady while saving the world; he's a regular James Bond at this point. Meanwhile, Lisbeth suddenly learns about trust overnight.
No.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest, the final of the trilogy, again features Blomkvist and Salander, backed by a host of interesting characters. The author’s fascination with female warriors underlies the fabric of the tale and plays out nicely here, although much of the action itself is out of the hands of Salander. Without giving too much away, I’ll just say that the secret forces which have contrived against Salander for so long get their comeuppance in satisfying ways. When I finished the book I said, “damn, there has to be a fourth one!” Which unfortunately is not possible as the author died shortly after submitting all three volumes at once to his publisher in Sweden. Surely that is not fair.
I enjoyed the conclusion of the trilogy... but this felt like the weakest book of the three. It could have easily been an extra 100 - 200 pages tacked onto the end of book 2 instead of a 500+ page book in its own right.
There were many passages where information was repeated... and then repeated again. By the end of the book, any surprise comes not from discovering new information but by watching people react as it's revealed to them.
Still, while I know Larsson had planned to write more books in the series, it's nice to see most of the loose ends wrapped up here.
There were many passages where information was repeated... and then repeated again. By the end of the book, any surprise comes not from discovering new information but by watching people react as it's revealed to them.
Still, while I know Larsson had planned to write more books in the series, it's nice to see most of the loose ends wrapped up here.