THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg LarssonFrom the back of the book:
Stieg Larsson's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into a complex and atmospheric novel.
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tatooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of iniquity and corruption.
I've heard a lot about this book in the past year or so. Some have said it's terrific, others weren't so kind. I'm with the latter group.
It took almost 350 pages of a 590 page novel to get even remotely interested. I didn't care for the characters and felt absolutely no connection with any of them. The plot line from the beginning of the book wasn't revisited until the last 100 pages or so. I only kept reading because the girl who lent me the book said it was good.
There are two sequels to this book, but I don't plan on reading either one of them
4 comments:
I'm sorry to see this didn't work for you. I've heard it's pretty graphic, so I'm not sure it's for me.
Lynne, our bookclub read this book. I was told before I started it that it was boring for the first 150 pages and then got really good. Well I got into right from the beginning. It was a different kind of read but I liked it. I guess this is a vanilla/chocolate book.
I haven't read this series yet, but I've definitely heard mixed reviews about it. I'm not sure if the graphic content would be up my alley either.
Wow, and I thought I was the only one who still hadn't read any of these, and now I'm pretty sure I'll stay in that minority :)
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