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|  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
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Rating:  902 reviews
Sales Rank: 546777
Format: Audiobook
Languages: Swedish (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Items: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1847246761
EAN: 9781847246769
ASIN: 1847246761
Publication Date: July 24, 2008
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 Tremendous Mystery! Salander Is a Transcendent Female Character March 12, 2010
Claudine Wolk (www.help4newmoms.com)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Salander, the transcendent female character created by Steig Larson, is a breakthrough for female literary protagonists. What's more - she's really fun to read about. Larson tells an compelling story in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The story is set in Sweden amidst the financial & magazine publishing world. Blomkvist, a most likable reporter, has been recently busted for a journalist no-no. Apparently, he wrote an article full of charges against a formidable company that he simply can not prove. In his despair, he takes an unlikely job, working for the head of a major corporation who wants Blomkvist to write his family's memoirs as a ruse to uncovering some family secrets long since buried.
As Blomkvist starts to make progress on the mystery, upsetting the extended family in the process, and finds himself in need of the very specific skills of Salander. They meet, they work together and they tussle a bit. Read the book to see how this unlikely pair attempt to solve the mystery and turn their own personal and professional lives around in the process.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is perfectly paced and painstakingly developed mystery complete with suspense and romance. You are going to love it. Luckily the Salander character makes a reappearance in Larson next two books. Lucky us!
Loved the Book! March 12, 2010
Show Me State Book Lover (Jefferson City, MO)
This book was chosen for a book club choice so that is why I started reading it. We realized it was part of a trilogy but were only going to read the first book. It took me a bit to get into the book but once I got past about 40 pages I was hooked. We have now decided to read the second book for another month's book club choice. I would recommend this book highly!
Fast paced thriller with real characters March 12, 2010
Playful Red
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rarely do I stay up late reading. In this case, I did. The case is an intriguing who-done-it, wrapped up in some historical information (Sweden, nazis, etc) and an interesting, entertaining, beguiling view of the high tech world. Good character development, rarely seen in who-done-its. I look forward to reading the next book.
Unlikely Heroes Coming (Slowly) Together March 12, 2010
Maz (Australia)
The book can easily be divided into 3 parts: slow, fast and back to the future. Be patient while you read the 1st 3rd of the novel as events tend to be unfolding so slowly and they are not easily linked. Then, almost suddenly, the pace accelerates so fast you are practically breathless (and sleepless). Then it slows down to end with a feel good ending that ties the story to the (slow) beginings. At the end, it all makes sense and starts to feel coherent. It leaves you wanting (wishing?) that the heroine will return.
 Sorry I Read It March 11, 2010
June Kilpatrick (Virginia)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's too bad that Stieg Larsson could not have believed in his own talents enough to avoid appealing to the basest of human instincts to sell books. I bought Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to read for book club. But I'm sorry I spent one penny on it or read one word. Men's brutality to women is not a subject that I care to read about. How could the author look his own mother in the face after conceiving and writing of such brutality. Not that the entire book is trash. There is worthy material there, enough to keep me reading beyond the point where I should have bailed out. But I did bail out long before the end and only wish I had done so sooner.
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