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A review by loveisabird
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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? Yes
4.25
it’s really kind of funny every time i review one of these books how i check off a massively long list of content warnings and then get to go huh! i absolutely did devour a 700+ page book packed full to the brim with all of this horrible shit!
i understand that the opinion that this is better than the first book is fairly widely held, but i’m not sure i liked it quite as much. i liked it a great deal, to be clear, but i think maybe for me not having the novelty of the characters and world and plot machinations of the first dinged it a little bit. of course i enjoyed the increased focus on lisbeth and spending far more time in stockholm and the undercurrent of acab attitude but also i hate that lisbeth had to suffer all this. which naturally if she didn’t it would be a far less interesting book but you know how it is. that’s my special girl who should get to live in peace with her girlfriend!!!
i understand that the opinion that this is better than the first book is fairly widely held, but i’m not sure i liked it quite as much. i liked it a great deal, to be clear, but i think maybe for me not having the novelty of the characters and world and plot machinations of the first dinged it a little bit. of course i enjoyed the increased focus on lisbeth and spending far more time in stockholm and the undercurrent of acab attitude but also i hate that lisbeth had to suffer all this. which naturally if she didn’t it would be a far less interesting book but you know how it is. that’s my special girl who should get to live in peace with her girlfriend!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment