The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Mass Market Paperback

English language

Published June 8, 2009 by Vintage crime.

ISBN:
978-0-307-47347-9
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OCLC Number:
970493831

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At once a murder mystery, family saga, love story, and tale of financial intrigue wrapped into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.

Harriet Vanger, 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 tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of iniquity and corruption. (back cover)

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Solidly entertaining - not "all that", and I'm not entirely sure I understand what all the fuss was about, but I very much enjoyed it, enough that I'll read the next book. I especially want to know more about Lisbeth Salander... she was by far the most interesting character, and I assume that, since these books are referred to as a trilogy, she and Mikael appear in the other two.

One thing by which I found myself distracted was that this book seemed to contain two different stories which, while connected, felt artificially so, as if Larsson didn't have quite enough story in either for them to stand alone. I'll be interested to see where he goes in the next book.

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