The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Millennium Trilogy Book One
By Stieg Larsson
Mikael Blomkvist was a respected financial
journalist but after being found liable by the courts is now a pariah in his
field with no idea what he will do with his future he is suprised by an offer
to ghost write a memoir of the Vanger family and find out what happened to
Harriet Vanger in 1966. When he hits a wall with his research he enlists the
help of Lisbeth Salander to research possible connections to Harriet’s
disappearance what they come across is far more sinister and intriguing than
just the disappearance of one girl.
Let me start with the fact that I
have never read this book nor seen the movie, that being said though this is an
interesting read it is very predictable. From the very beginning I knew what
had happened but this also gave me the chance to say “Ha! I knew it!” The story
is quite enthralling though and there are several aspects that leave you
guessing which make up for the fact that the main plot is so easily figured
out. The romance in this novel is subtle and beautiful, I didn’t care much for
Mikael’s character he seemed like a womanizer but Salandar is a remarkable
character with several depths and such a strong character you cannot help but
like her. The only other problem I found with this book is that it is rather
slow, the first half of the book is all build up with very little action or
even events taking place but if you can make it through this it turns out to be
interesting and is well worth the read.
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I read the whole trilogy recently.
ReplyDeleteThis first book is the best of the lot, it has the most interesting story.
That is good to know thanks for telling me :D
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