The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Do not order from this Company! (2010-09-10) : 1/5
I ordered a book on 8/15/10 and did not recieve it. However, my credit card was charged immediately . I sent Knight and Co. 2 emails and never received a reponse. Not good customer service!
ABBA, BJORN BORG, Now SALANDER&BLOMKVIST (2010-09-10) : 4/5
Thanks Sweden! Tack!
Thanks Stieg Larsson, and translator Reg Keeland.

Thumbs up. Terrific beach reading. Very good mystery, and even better character development.




The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2010-09-10) : 5/5
I recommend this international bestseller to all who like intellectual crime thrillers, and who want to share Larsson's war against violence and racism.
No tough cops or cocky PIs (2010-09-10) : 4/5
At last a mystery (or thriller if you prefer) that doesn't feature a worn out tough cop from central casting or a cocky PI (from the same). The strange team of a temporarily defrocked magazine publisher and a socially undeveloped hacker with photographic memory is an interesting and refreshing approach to solving an equally strange crime.

What makes this book even more interesting is that it's from a Swedish author whose characters don't use the predictable approach to solving a mystery. The fresh writing style avoids the usual cliches of the genre.

Being set in Sweden, the reader is not bored with the clap trap description and dialog of New York, LA, Detroit, Miami and all the other usual mystery/thriller sites. The only problem with the locale is trying to pronounce the Swedish names. However this is easily remidied by simply not trying to pronounce them!

For something different, captivating and fresh it's worth your (reading) time.
Disappointing (2010-09-09) : 3/5
I was truly disappointed in the book. I thought that since they were making it into a movie, it would be pretty good. But, this was not the case.

I found the first chapters interesting, but then it got very boring, and I couldn't tell who they were talking about and who was doing the talking. I still can't figure out why they called it "The girl with the dragon tatoo", when she really didn't have that much to do with the book.

I've seen the trailors for the movie, and it looks very exciting. I hope it's better than this book. I was planning on buying the next two books, but I have since changed my mind. I'm glad I didn't buy them before I read this book.