ceeceewills23 's review for:

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

3.0

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I’ve found that I enjoy Lisbeth Salander as a character, so I was excited to consider her story. However, the beginning of this book was very trying for me to get through. I’m glad that I listened to the audiobook; otherwise, I would’ve had an overwhelmingly negative reading experience much like I did reading the first book. Setting up this story took way too long. I was 10 chapters in and still asking “where is the plot in this story?” Once things started happening, I found the story much more engaging, but I was still thrown by the repetitiveness of the story line and the slow pace with which the plot advanced. The best part of the book (and perhaps the series in general) is the characters. Each one is intriguing in their own way, and I found myself wanting to know what happened to each of them. But overall, there were more negatives to this story than positives. Interesting characters were not enough to make up for the disjointed arrangement of the plot and wordy delivery of the text. I want to see how this trilogy ends, but I don’t think I am a fan of Larsson’s writing style.