Book 45 of 50: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Book 45 of 50
Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson
Genre: Fiction, Mystery
Summary (from Amazon.com): Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch--and there's always a catch--is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. With few other options, he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius with a cache of authority issues. Little is as it seems in Larsson's novel, but there is at least one constant: you really don't want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Comments: This book was one of those books that is hard to put down. The book was long, but I really felt like the descriptions were great. Even though some of the characters were unrealistic, I think they were described in such a way that they were easy to relate to and know. Parts of the mystery were easily predictable and other parts were more surprising, but I enjoyed the mystery, even though parts were a bit grisly. The character of Lisbeth Salander was especially intriguing and interesting. I hope in the subsequent books we get to see more of her. I don't read books in this genre that often, but I found this book to be very entertaining and enjoyable.
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Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larsson
Genre: Fiction, Mystery
Summary (from Amazon.com): Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch--and there's always a catch--is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. With few other options, he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius with a cache of authority issues. Little is as it seems in Larsson's novel, but there is at least one constant: you really don't want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Comments: This book was one of those books that is hard to put down. The book was long, but I really felt like the descriptions were great. Even though some of the characters were unrealistic, I think they were described in such a way that they were easy to relate to and know. Parts of the mystery were easily predictable and other parts were more surprising, but I enjoyed the mystery, even though parts were a bit grisly. The character of Lisbeth Salander was especially intriguing and interesting. I hope in the subsequent books we get to see more of her. I don't read books in this genre that often, but I found this book to be very entertaining and enjoyable.
x-posted to 50bookchallenge