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bill_wehrmacher 's review for:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
by Stieg Larsson
I can't say this is the best of the three "Girl with/who/kicked" books; They all tie for best. In fact, I think they tie for favorites of all the books I have read.
I think there is information in the book that was not necessary to keep the story going, but those places, like all Larsson's writing, is made so easy to read and interesting, one is glad it is there. I spent about 7 days reading the whole series. For me, at least, I can think of few things would be more enjoyable.
Hornet's nest begins with Lizbeth Salander in intensive care where a bullet is extracted from her brain and two others removed from shoulder and hip. She makes a full recovery. The 653 pages contain such a twisted tale of spies, illegal imprisonment, government corruption, illegal wiretaps... well, it just goes on and on. Larrson paints some very interesting characters, both resurrecting some from the earlier novels and creating some new ones that the reader is led to love and to despise, both with good reason. The book has a very exciting trial where the Lisbeth is eventually finally acquitted of all charges. Eventually, all ends are tied up.
I have referred to the Swedish versions of these three novels. I like the movie for this novel as well, although it cuts some corners that do not minimize the excitement. I did like the ending of the book better than the movie. In the book, Lisbeth does say "Thank you" to Blomkvist's sister, who was her advocate during her trial and the last sentence of the book compared to the last 30 seconds of the movie.
I decided to listen to the book so that I could hear someone else's interpretation of the story. It was wonderful. I got it from my local library's digital library on the Overdrive app.
I think there is information in the book that was not necessary to keep the story going, but those places, like all Larsson's writing, is made so easy to read and interesting, one is glad it is there. I spent about 7 days reading the whole series. For me, at least, I can think of few things would be more enjoyable.
Hornet's nest begins with Lizbeth Salander in intensive care where a bullet is extracted from her brain and two others removed from shoulder and hip. She makes a full recovery. The 653 pages contain such a twisted tale of spies, illegal imprisonment, government corruption, illegal wiretaps... well, it just goes on and on. Larrson paints some very interesting characters, both resurrecting some from the earlier novels and creating some new ones that the reader is led to love and to despise, both with good reason. The book has a very exciting trial where the Lisbeth is eventually finally acquitted of all charges. Eventually, all ends are tied up.
I have referred to the Swedish versions of these three novels. I like the movie for this novel as well, although it cuts some corners that do not minimize the excitement. I did like the ending of the book better than the movie. In the book, Lisbeth does say "Thank you" to Blomkvist's sister, who was her advocate during her trial and the last sentence of the book compared to the last 30 seconds of the movie.
I decided to listen to the book so that I could hear someone else's interpretation of the story. It was wonderful. I got it from my local library's digital library on the Overdrive app.