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|  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Creator: Reg Keeland
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Category: Book
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Rating:  1756 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 600
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0307454541
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307454546
ASIN: 0307454541
Publication Date: June 23, 2009
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Exciting Middle-Brow Thriller April 21, 2009
Middle-aged Professor (NY'er living in Ohio)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
An international best-selling literary thriller translated from the original Swedish. What could be cooler than that? It certainly was enough to hook me and take me well past the point of no return. It is a good thriller, but what sets it apart is the Swedish setting. Swedish culture, Swedish politics, Swedish journalism, Swedish relationships, all a bit different from what the American reader is used to --- Swedish relationships in particular.
The book is billed as a literary thriller, and it is certainly well-written and contains commentary on the worlds of journalism and high finance worthy of that moniker. After a promising start that seems highly realistic, or potentially realistic, however, the plot turns towards more low-brow thriller staples, such as the sadistic, sexual serial killer and the more-brilliant-than-anyone-you've-ever-known-or-will-know protagonist. Even so, the pages keep turning, and I will certainly read the sequel. The movie looks good too. You can watch the preview here: [..] Don't worry about spoiling the book; if you don't speak Swedish it will not give anything away.
One warning, the book's original title (i.e., in Sweden) was "The Man Who Hates Women." They were wise to change the title for American consumption (I doubt I would have bought it with that title), but some brutal violence towards women the title suggests, while certainly condemned, is still in the book. If that upsets you, stay away.
 The Man Who Enjoyed the Book Immensely April 21, 2009
Robert St.George (Mesa, Arizona USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Three words describe this book succinctly: Terrific, Terrific, and Terrific. One of the best books I have read in years. Superb characters, a wide ranging series of events over a long period of time, and several layers of activities involving the various character with several culminations as well. Lisabeth Salander is certainly one of the most unusual characters I've ever run into. Strange, compelling, evoking, and unique, to put it mildly. Blomkvist, Vanger, Berger et. al. combine here to cohere a most excellent novel. I cannot emphasize strongly enough the degree of satisfaction this novel brings with itself. I immediately ordered, received, and read the 2nd book in the trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire, in that order. That review is one step beyond this writing however, I eagerly await the release of the 3rd and final book here in the US, The Girl Who Stirred the Hornet's Nest. Unfortunately, the author, Stieg Larsson, died shortly after finishing these three novels. Incredible! An excellent read, highly recommended. I give it 5 stars.
I liked it, but not enough to read the next one ... April 20, 2009
Robert Anderson (Pacific Northwest)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first half of the book drew me in, but then in the 2nd half the author seemed to take the easy way out and instead of allowing the action to unfold (in order for the mystery to be solved), it devolved into a Perry Mason episode where several people "monologued" (Yes, I did it and here's how and why... ).
Also, this is a translation into English and in my humble opinion the writing style was uneven and mediocre.
**** SPOILERS *****
Also, after reading the first chapter of the book I guessed that it would turn out that the niece was still alive, so it was a bit unbelievable that everyone was so convinced that she was dead. It's a bit of a stretch to believe that her killer would go to the trouble of sending a framed, pressed flower EVERY YEAR for decades!
 A First novel that seems like one April 17, 2009
Ian S. Mccarthy (Myersville, MD United States)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Stieg Larsson's first novel was an improbable success. Ironically, he died before it was published in English and before it hit the best seller lists. For some reason Scandinavian crime novels have become a growth sector in the last few years. Larsson, who was originally an editor, died in his fourties in 2004. His protagonist is an unjustly accused journalist who, surprise, surprise is handsome, athletic, brilliant, and sexy; at the same time carrying on affairs with a dysfunctional teenager (the Girl with the Tattoo who is not, despite the title in English, the central character), his friend's wife and a fiftyish school principal who is a member of the wealthy Vanger family. The patriarch of the family hires him, despite his complete lack of experience, to search for the culprit in the disappearance fourty years before of a young girl. Of course he discovers the evil villain through a series of near miraculous coincidences and in the grand finale a deus ex machina materialises from Australia. Not since Dickens have I seen as many improbable developments. Characterisation is as weak as the plot and the attempts to describe the feelings of a teenage female are as cringemakingly awful as they always seem to be when adult males essay this task. I shall not be waiting with bated breath for the release of the other two novels. I would suggest that readers instead look at the brilliant and still eminently readable crime novels of Maj Sjowal and Per Wahloo which are being reissued.
A Swedish Mystery April 16, 2009
Bob Green
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two parallel stories in one. One story becomes a little tedious on keeping track of the 100 or so potential suspects but the author holds your interest. I will look forward to the sequel when it is released and am sorry the author died so young. We are lucky he wrote the three novels before his passing.
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