From the Bookshelf of *~Can't Stop Reading~*…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
The Kite Runner
By Jonathan , A dream within a dream · 5 posts · 80 views
By Jonathan , A dream within a dream · 5 posts · 80 views
last updated Aug 11, 2015 11:08AM
showing 2 of 2 topics
view all »
Other topics mentioning this book
*
What are you reading at the moment?
By Hayley · 1331 posts · 1087 views
By Hayley · 1331 posts · 1087 views
last updated May 30, 2024 10:13AM
What Members Thought
It started off a bit slow at first but the pace picked up quickly. A very good book; I enjoyed it a lot. Very highly recomended!
Mixed feelings about this book. I read the whole thing, looked forward to it but I can't help feeling I was taken in by the hype. I'll pass this one on to my sister with reservations.
...more
Well, I have mixed feelings too. It is indeed a great, one of the best I've read, serial killer murder mysteries, and the unraveling of "who done it" is intriguing. The 2 sleuths are great characters carefully drawn out by Larsson. But both are more anti-heroes for me than easy-to-relate-to-traditional heroes. While one may feel some sympathy for Salander because of her family background, she is just so brilliantly psycho that it is difficult to relate. We do have a hope that she will somehow su
...more
I honestly don't know if I'm not mature enough for the book content. I found the financial aspect of the book to be boring and bland. I'm not into finances and when I was told of this book I was expecting a murder mystery, not lessons on Sweden's finances. I thought the last two chapters of the book should've been shortened but again, I'm not sure if it's just me. Maybe I should stick to YA novels or something but I didn't really see the hype behind this book. I thought it dragged on for way too
...more
Absolutely compelling, very detailed and striking. Loved Lisbeth Salander. I will read this book again and buy the next two in the series.
Read it and then after I saw the ID network show about Stieg Larsson's will, I read it again. I will now read the next one.
...more
Could not get into this book. Hated it- too much useless, flowery prose!
Great page-turner!
Dec 05, 2009
Gaijinmama
marked it as to-read
Jan 09, 2010
Melinda
marked it as to-read
Mar 03, 2010
Kelly
marked it as to-read
Jan 11, 2011
Jennifer
added it
Apr 15, 2011
Christian
marked it as 2011
