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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Excellent, but a little long  whyteb | Nov 8, 2009 |  1st book in a series. Must be read in order. exceptional could not put it down. Highly recomend to anyone. (  ) RogerPrice | Nov 7, 2009 | 28, 2009  bribre01 | Nov 7, 2009 | A thoroughly enjoyable piece of genre fiction - thriller, mystery and intrigue in one decently written novel. The writing style is slightly more refined than a typical bestseller and all the great elements of a good read are there. I particularly liked the characterization of Lisbeth as a misfit, uniquely brilliant and yet rather lonely. (  ) yhaduong | Nov 6, 2009 | I accidentally read the second book in the trilogy first, so I knew how this book would end. Nonetheless, I still couldn't put it down. It was one of those rare books that made me want to drop everything and just readt. I found the descriptions of Sweden fascinating, and the character of Lisbeth unlike anyone I've ever encountered in a mystery novel. If I have one complaint, it's that Blomkvist comes off as a little self-righteous: are ALL financial journalists in Sweden lapdogs for the captains for industry? Also, the extent to which women seem to throw themselves at Blomkvist was a bit of a stretch; at times, I wondered if he would get out of bed long enough to crack the case. But all in all a wonderful read and what a tragedy that this fine writer is no longer with us. ( ) sblock | Nov 4, 2009 | 
 [Richman reviews several Scandinavian novels, including Larsson's.] Why have readers taken to these writers? The novels are not formally innovative: With a few exceptions, these are straightforward whodunits, hewing closely to conventional models from the English tradition. Nor does their appeal depend on a "relentlessly bleak view of the world," as a writer for the London Times has put it. Bleak worldviews are not particularly hard to come by in crime novels, no matter what country they come from. What distinguishes these books is not some element of Nordic grimness but their evocation of an almost sublime tranquility. When a crime occurs, it is shocking exactly because it disrupts a world that, at least to an American reader, seems utopian in its peacefulness, happiness, and orderliness.  The novel offers a thoroughly ugly view of human nature, especially when it comes to the way Swedish men treat Swedish women. In Larsson’s world, sadism, murder and suicide are commonplace — as is lots of casual sex. (Sweden isn’t all bad.) The first-time author's excitement at his creation is palpable, strangely, in the book's sometimes amateurish construction. There are frequent long digressions in this big book (more than 500 pages) in which he laboriously fills in back-story details. Then there is the Vanger family; what might have seemed like a bit of fun gets out of hand as easily more than 20 people with the surname Vanger are mixed into the story. To his credit, though, he always regains control and restores momentum.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307269752, Hardcover)A sensation across Europe—millions of copies sold (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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