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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

zoom enlarge 		Author: Stieg Larsson
Creator: Reg Keeland
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 126 reviews
Sales Rank: 63

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.6

ISBN: 0307269752
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307269751
ASIN: 0307269752

Publication Date: September 16, 2008
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Amazon Best of the Month, September 2008: 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. --Dave Callanan



Customer Reviews:   Read 121 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars I don't like mysteries, but this is an okay read   December 3, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The story plot has been summarized in many reviews so I won't recap. Mysteries and bestsellers and mystery-bestsellers are not my favorite. For me, it is problematic in these two regards: 1) about two-thirds through the book there is no mystery. Some implausible event / occurrence /conversation happens that is there specifically to drive the story forward. I can spot it right away and it takes me out of the story. And, 2) the villains are the villains. No subtlety, no subtext.

This book is predictable in that fashion. One more thing, it feels a little bit 'dated' because it's 2002 or perhaps that's the translation.

Still, in spite of those detractions, it's a pretty entertaining read with a definite has narrative drive. There are some interesting tidbits about Scandinavian society, misogyny, corporate evil. Read it for that if not the mystery part.

There are two mysteries that are my gold standard in that each was completely entertaining from page 1 to the end: Smillas Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg and Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss. If you've read either of these two books and agree that those are 5 star, then this would rank as a 3 star.


5 out of 5 stars Stieg Larsson's untimely death at age 50 in 2004 is a tragedy   December 3, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I see laments on these pages that "I wish the next one was coming out sooner." Well, I was so fired up by the enthralling "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" that I went to Amazon UK and ordered The Girl Who Played with Fire there. That way, I don't have to wait six months. It's out mid-January 2009. [Rubs hands together!]

About the book, what can I say that other haven't: Stieg Larsson's untimely death at age 50 in 2004 is a tragedy. His manifest talent fairly explodes on these pages. Every aspect of his background - financial journalist, crusader of violence against women, fervent exposer of Nazism, a person with a deep understanding of IT and data security - combines on these pages to make a gripping read that you can't put down. 465 pages never went by so fast.


5 out of 5 stars A Book You Can't Put Down   December 2, 2008
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I loved this book and only wish the next one was coming out sooner. It is a shame that the author died so young. You couldn't wait to find out what was next and the characters were so well described that you felt you knew them. I would recommend this book to anyone.


5 out of 5 stars A crime novel that isn't just your ordinary pulp fiction.   December 1, 2008
Lots of interesting characters and plot developments and twists with a roller coaster ride end that while quite satisfying also leaves the reader thirsty for more.

Tragically for him and his readers the author has passed away before seeing his work published.

Fortunately for us readers there are still two more books to come in this trilogy.


5 out of 5 stars heartbroken   December 1, 2008
The best book in ages. Tragedy that he is gone: blessing that there are a few more. Heart is broken over ending: must repair!!!!!!!!