The girl with the dragon tattoo

Millennium, #1

by Stieg Larsson

Paperback, 590 pages

English language

Published Sept. 13, 2009 by Hayakawa Shobō.

ISBN:: 978-0-307-45454-6
OCLC Number:: 650369858

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(26 reviews)

A 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, 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.

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Henry reviewed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson (Millennium, #1)

I spent 4 hours finishing the book, then I went for a run.

5 stars

The first half captured me, the second half was…insane. I picked an intense read for my first fiction book in years. When I finished, all I could do was grab my running shoes and go for a run, even though I already ran in the morning. It was a lot to process, and I needed the run to work through it.

Heavy, dark, insightful, scary, and beautiful. So happy I read it. And the broad theme of violence (and hatred) towards women is beautifully crafted into the story.

ospalh reviewed Verblendung by Stieg Larsson (Millennium-Trilogie, 1)

Review of 'Verblendung' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Ich habe mich beim Lesen von all dem Rumsitzen und Kaffeetrinken der Protagonisten blenden lassen und die eigentlich offensichtliche Enthüllung aus den Augen verloren. Man ahnt schon etwa nach der Hälfte des Buches, dass Harriet Vanger noch lebt.

cristianopala reviewed Uomini che odiano le donne by Stieg Larsson (Millenium)

Review of 'Uomini che odiano le donne' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Ho capito che questo libro era un capolavoro la notte in cui non riuscii achiuderlo fino alle 4.20 del mattino, quando mi ricordai che il mattino dopo mi sarei dovuto svegliare alle 6.30.Sappiate che quando aprirete "Uomini che odiano le donne" episodi del genere vi capiteranno molto spesso, perché questo libro rende letterariamente bulimici ed è una cosa che a me personalmente non capitava da molto tempo.
Inoltre, nessun libro, una volta finito, mi aveva mai fatto correre in libreria la domenica mattina per comprarne il seguito...