The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by:
Stieg Larsson (author)
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families...
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An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Format: BOOK
ISBN:
9780307272119 (0307272117)
ASIN: WrL9de30FDMC
Publish date: 2008-09-16
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Mikael Blomkvist is a 42-year old financial journalist recently accused of libel and facing three months in prison and some pretty hefty fines. After his trial, Mikael is approached by retired industrialist Henrik Vanger with an offer to write the Vanger family history and do a little extra researc...
Warning: Spoilers. I think this just is not in my taste category. I tend to steer clear of mystery books and this book seems to be in that genre. I did decide to read it because of course it was getting plenty of attention a few years back. While the mystery of what happened to Harriet is appealing,...
So this was pretty good but jam packed with useless details and information. I feel like the mystery was solved 100 pages too soon and then I just didn't care, I was flipping pages to the end.
Wow.I have been avoiding this book / series because I heard that there’s some serious level of violence in it. However I found that it’s barely 1% of the book and I could just skim the page onto the next bit and not missed much at all. I found the first few chapters a bit slow so I couldn’t get in...
I don't feel that I can review this and say any more than what has already been said. I am glad to have finally been able to get to it and I enjoyed the story very much. For those that haven't yet read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, be warned. This starts off very slowly but the second half is jus...
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