The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Book Summary Information
Author: Stieg LarssonTranslator: Reg Keeland
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Deckle Edge
Published: 2008-09-16
ISBN: 0307269752
Number of pages: 480
Publisher: Knopf
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780307269751
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Book Review: This book is boring.
Summary: 2 Stars
I don't know what all the fuss is about. I thought this book was boring and dull. It took me a long time to finish, but I did finally finish it. The plot is plodding and unexciting, and the main character is a putz. I really didn't feel that much affinity for him. The girl with the tattoo is more interesting however the book is not about her, she is only a supporting character, and she is very weird and cold, so it is hard to feel very sympathetic toward her. The plot is tedious, on and on, beating around the bush and dragging it out, and when you get there, it is anti-climactic and disappointing. And, on and on some more (it's long), about coffee and sandwiches and binders and walks and more coffee... I really ended up not caring about the details of the story at all. I was disappointed. I'd say skip it and move on to the next one..
Summary of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A sensation across Europe-millions of copies soldA spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue.
It's about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.
It's about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance . . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age-and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness to go with it-who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism-and an unexpected connection between themselves.
It's a contagiously exciting, stunningly intelligent novel about society at its most hidden, and about the intimate lives of a brilliantly realized cast of characters, all of them forced to face the darker aspects of their world and of their own lives.
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
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