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The book should definitely come with a trigger warning for anyone who missed the media blitz around it when it was first released. There are several graphic rape scenes, and quite a lot of non-sexual violence as well.
That out of the way, Stieg Larsson crafted a masterpiece here. The two plotlines around Blomqvist and Salander dance around multiple centers of gravity, but keep interacting lightly, until brought together around the center of the book. The actual mystery was less interesting than t ...more
That out of the way, Stieg Larsson crafted a masterpiece here. The two plotlines around Blomqvist and Salander dance around multiple centers of gravity, but keep interacting lightly, until brought together around the center of the book. The actual mystery was less interesting than t ...more
I like the main plot of the book, my problem was everything else that was there. The was so much extra crap that I had to read to get through the actual plot. So-and-so is having sex with this other person and they are sneaking around so as to add pages to the book. My recommendation would be to skip the book and wait for the movie -- I'm sure they'll pull out a ton of the crap to make the story fit in 2 hours.
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Enjoyable. Not the greatest thing I've ever read but a fine whodunit.
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Jan 30, 2011
Ron
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Aug 17, 2021
Timojhen
marked it as to-read
