Friday, March 26, 2010

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Stieg Larsson

This book is a major bestseller in the US and it's apparent why so many people like it. This Swedish author passed away in 2005 shortly after delivering the manuscripts for this book, The Girl Who Played With Fire (currently reading) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Next. It's sad because this would have made for a great ongoing series such as Patterson's Alex Cross books and Kathy Reichs' Bones series.

The premise: A journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, is hired by a wealthy patriarch to find out what happened to his niece 40 years earlier. Blomkvist hires a scrappy, punky young woman to help him investigate the case. Together Blomkvist and the girl, Lisbeth Salander dig deeper in the family secrets and get to know one another.

I couldn't put it down for the last 200 pages, it was that engrossing. The translation to English is pretty good and the writing style is easy to follow. The amount of characters can get confusing sometimes due to the foreign names, but the author gives you little reminders to help remember who each person is. Highly recommended again!

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