The Girl Who Played with Fire - bookrastinating.com

Paperback, 822 pages

English language

Published June 25, 2009 by Random House Large Print.

ISBN:: 978-0-7393-8416-9

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.

But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.

As Blomkvist, alone in his belief in Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the slayings, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her …

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.

But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.

As Blomkvist, alone in his belief in Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the slayings, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all. (back cover)

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bungakumi reviewed The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (Millennium, #2)

Review of 'The Girl Who Played with Fire' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

God. How did Stieg managed to get a book so well done I don't know. It's even BETTER than the first. How's that even possible?
I love Lisbeth Salander. She's my favorite female character EVER. She's so strong and determinated you can't not love her. She's unique. She always exasperates me in the best way of the word. The rare times she smiles are like dust gold and those moments I can't help a smile slide through my lips too.
Blomkvist conviction of Lisbeth's innocence is truly touching. I love how he will always think the best of her no matter what. And I love the fact that in this book he has to save her, the opposite to the first book.
The ending is so damn perfect THEY FINALLY GET TOGETHER! I thought they weren't going to do it and I was so damn happy with the ending
I …

God. How did Stieg managed to get a book so well done I don't know. It's even BETTER than the first. How's that even possible?
I love Lisbeth Salander. She's my favorite female character EVER. She's so strong and determinated you can't not love her. She's unique. She always exasperates me in the best way of the word. The rare times she smiles are like dust gold and those moments I can't help a smile slide through my lips too.
Blomkvist conviction of Lisbeth's innocence is truly touching. I love how he will always think the best of her no matter what. And I love the fact that in this book he has to save her, the opposite to the first book.
The ending is so damn perfect THEY FINALLY GET TOGETHER! I thought they weren't going to do it and I was so damn happy with the ending
I can't wait to read the third, I just can't.
This book is perfection and it's one of the best books I've read in my life.
It's a shame Stieg couldn't have seen the success of his great books.

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