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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong
… More »The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age--and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness--assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, an astonishing corruption at the highest echelon of Swedish industrialism--and a surprising connection between themselves.--From publisher description.
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Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family, her octogenarian uncle hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional young hacker, to investigate. 608p.
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Add a CommentGood, but really dragged in the first half. I found the 2nd and 3rd books in the series much more exciting / interesting. Lisbeth is definitely a very intriguing character.
This is the book I read before I went to bed, because it would make me fall asleep within a few pages. Even then, I couldn't find the willpower to drag myself halfway through the book. I watched the movie to see what happened in the book that made people think it was so great, but the movie is equally dull and anti-climactic. If you read it, start in the middle.
Excellent story, although it could have been tightened up with good editing.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is overhyped and overrated. The story is unoriginal and unbelieveable, the characters cartoonish archvillains or near superheros, the grisly torture scenes truly offensive. I don't get its popularity, but I suspect it's due to a lot of closet pervs who enjoy reading about sadism and violent rape. Unless you have a steel stomach, avoid this one. The Swedish settings and cultural differences do make this interesting at times.
One of my favorite books of the year. I think the 2nd is equally good, and can't wait for the 3rd to come to the US.