Sunday, September 20, 2009

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson last week. This thriller and international bestseller is set in modern day Sweden and revolves around an unsolved murder, a disgraced journalist and and a rich, dysfunctional family with many secrets. There are Nazi's, socio-paths, hackers, and perverts galore. The hacker would be Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo herself. The novel has so many plot twists that you're never sure what's coming next. And there's so much gratuitous violence that you begin to wonder if there was some hidden insanity inside those ABBA songs you listened to as a kid. It's a bit overlong toward the end, and it takes some time to get used to the dizzying number of characters, but it's still a great summer read.


Jenni read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo while we were in Sweden and really enjoyed it. She's just started book two: The Girl Who Played with Fire. I'm onto lighter fare with Long Way Down.







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  1. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 10:59 AM

    I am going to have to start trailing your reading list. I love to read, even with my eyes closed before bed. Karen Monk

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  2. BradSeptember 25, 2009 at 7:16 AM

    I typically do my reading before bed too. It's about the only available time I have. I'm going to put out a list of the travel and related books I've read over the years. Maybe you'll find one of those fun.

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