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The Girl Who Played With Fire: A Novel - Community Reviews back

by Stieg Larsson
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globulon
globulon rated it 14 years ago
First off I have to say I agree with Manny's review. I really didn't like the business with Fermat's last theorem. I also thought the business with being basically perfect at chess was lame too. Lastly I thought the beginning was slow. I almost abandoned reading this one just because I wasn't rea...
Mitabird
Mitabird rated it 14 years ago
This was a boring, jumbled mess. It's a shame since I enjoyed the first in the series. I wasn't surprised by some of the revelations and was disappointed with the big reveal involving Zala. What I liked about the characters in the first book made me annoyed with them in this book. I had to skim the ...
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it 15 years ago
The reference to fire on the title was nearly lost on me as it was mentioned once in the prologue and then only mentioned again some 300 pages later when it was revealed what Salander did to Zala. I actually already knew about the whole secret with Zala -- mistakenly read a spoiler somewhere -- but ...
Shelf Indulgence
Shelf Indulgence rated it 15 years ago
The second book in the so-called Millennium trilogy picks up right where the last one left off, more or less. It follows the main players — Salander, Blomkvist, and Vanger — and brings us up to speed on what’s happened to them since the mystery of the first novel resolved itself. It also takes a b...
Thomas Gaffney
Thomas Gaffney rated it 15 years ago
Wow! This was INCREDIBLE! A phenomenal follow-up to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I thought there might be some let down, cause the first good was so good, but Played With Fire might be better! Still the police/mystery thriller is not my favorite genre, but Larsson has created stories that just s...
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