Monday, May 3, 2010

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

"The Girl Who Played With Fire" is the second in the series after "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". This book follows Mikael Blomkvist into the heart of two murders of which Lisbeth Salander is now a suspect. Mikael is performing his own investigation of the murders to try to prove Salander's innocence.

This book could stand on it's own, but I would recommend reading the first one because you'll get a better understanding of the relationship between Mikael and Lisbeth.

The third book in the series (to be released in the States in May--I borrowed this British copy from a co-worker) is "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest". Aptly titled, Lisbeth ends up in the hospital with three gunshot wounds one of which is in her head. The most fascinating part about this book was the interaction of Lisbeth with Mikael where Lisbeth has hacked into Mikael's computer with a PDA. Very cool how it's done even though I don't understand it all.

This book wasn't as fast-paced as the first two in the series, but definitely held my interest. It brings the series to a close, as sadly, Larsson passed away. Maybe another author will continue the series, but for now we have three really entertaining books that has overtaken a lot of people's lives (esp. in my office!).

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