by Steig Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland 4 Stars
Setting: Sweden
465 Pages
Published in 2005
Ellie's Review
Though the first 100 pages were slow setting everything up, I really liked this crime drama and will read the others in the trilogy. Just be warned that this does contain some graphic violence. I enjoyed reading a novel set in Stockholm since I haven't read any other Swedish books.
Book Summary
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
Author Information
Stieg Larsson passed away suddenly before his first crime drama, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was published. He had completed the manuscripts for his first three novels in the Millennium series and had left drafts behind for the fourth in the series. The draft is currently caught up in a legal dispute over who owns it (his long-time live-in girlfriend has no official legal rights, but Larsson was estranged from his father and brother who have the legal rights).
Stieg Larsson's personal life is quite similar to his main character Mikael Blomkvist - is Blomkvist Larsson's ideal man due to his charm with the ladies?
Visit a website on Stieg Larsson for more information.
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