The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

I was hooked. Couldn't put the book down. The first 80-100 pages were a little difficult to understand. The names of the characters and places. Once I kept reading I was sucked right in. Finished the book on the beach in the Dominican. As soon as I got back I rushed out to get the second of the trilogy.

One of those books where you want to keep reading to know whats going to happen next. I agree with some of the other reviews on here about text that was a bit crude and didn't really need to read but other than that it was a really good and mysterious read.

This book is fast paced and certainly holds your attention but some of the content is gruesome. It took a few unexpected twists that I could have lived without.

An intelligent, shocking novel about the margins of society. The author manages to create a story of an intriguing, original character, depicting her battles on a backdrop of Sweden's economic and legal system. This daring novel depicts the society as a whole - with all the dirty alleys and hidden crannies and people that live in the shadows. But most of all, it shows a different side to humanity - the side that most people seek to conceal. This novel deals with the worst sort of people - rapists, murderers, and thieves. And it forces us to care (when we hear about a crime, don't we all think, "Well, thank goodness that didn't happen to me" and move on?) because these people are hurting a character we care about. Even when I put this book down, it stayed nagging at the back of my mind. How could it not? The disturbing things happening in every civilized society were exposed and shoved in my face.

But that doesn't exactly pull people in. The one thing holding us to this book is Lisbeth Salander. She is not a typical, hurt girl, hiding behind her piercings, tattoos, and bad attitude. And that is why so many people fell in love with this series. Lisbeth is extremely intelligent, brave and determined. She doesn't conform to society in any way. Even her sexual orientation - it doesn't matter to her, she refuses to be labeled. Most importantly, Lisbeth doesn't give up no matter how much the society is trying to pull her down. She perseveres - over and over again. But at the same time, she is real. She is three dimensional and honest and hurt and that makes her so appealing. She does make mistakes; she cries; she gets hurt. Everyone could relate to that. She is truly an inspiring character, one of the greatest to be ever created in modern literature.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is open minded enough and who is willing to get through a hundred boring pages of descriptions of Sweden's economy. I guarantee, this book will change the way you think about the world.

This book is the first novel in English that I read and I loved it. After two chapters the story keep you until you finish the book. I really enjoyed reading this book. I cannot wait to start reading the second book.

A good entertaining book that keeps you guessing and wanting more. Although I didn't find it as amazing as everyone has told me it was.

This book is so not predictable. It keeps you guessing. And it contains one of the best characters of all time. Once you start you can't put it down.

This was a great winter time read, I couldn't put it down after I passed the two first chapters, I am on my way to finishing the second book!

Love this author's style of writting.

I really liked this book, but have to admit that it took me a while to get into it. I struggled to keep the characters straight, but at the mid-way point of the book, I literally couldn't put it down.

Fast read, totally enjoyable

Loved, loved, loved this trilogy! Sleepless nights just trying to finish this trilogy. Can't find any other of this calibre, except of course R. Ludlum's Bourne series. A very unique story and a formidable protagonist. Wish there were more books like these!

Enjoys this. Kept my attention. Good character development. I'm looking forward to reading the next one in the series.

Stieg Larsson has an amazing ability to captivate you almost immediately. Not my usual genre, however I found it terribly hard to put down (and have yet to find someone to disagree with me). A must read for sure!!

This was a great read. A little frightening at times though.

This is the first book of the popular Girl with the dragon tattoo series. It's a bit slow in the beginning, introduction of all the characters and the storyline, but after about 200 pages it gets really good. It's a good story and I highly recommend it. The series is truly a fast-paced and fun read, so it's well worth getting through the slow beginning.

After numerous people recommended this novel, I decided to read it. I found that it was rather difficult to get into the story but after the first 200 pages it became easier because of the growing mysterious plot line . At times it was difficult to keep track of the different story lines and characters, so it is a slower read at times. Also because the book orgininated Sweden, the vocabulary was a bit hard to understand. Once I managed to get involved in the book I could not put it down. It is a very intelligently written book, and I can not wait to read the next one.

In the book the girl with the dragon tattoo, a two storied novel that nicely binds and meshes into one, when Mikeal Blomkvist writer for the magazine millennium meets up with Lisbeth Salander to solve the mysterious disappearance of Harriet Vanger who disappeared when she was 16. Her dear uncle Henrik Vanger loved her dearly, although they were in a big dysfunctional family with many dark corners henrik and harriet were still very close untill that one day she went missing.
Mikeal was sentence to pay Hans Erik Wennerstrom 150,000 kronor for accusing him for business scandals' etc, Mikeal was convicted on 6 of 8 accounts and therefore was sentences to 3 months prison. Lisbeth on the other hand practically 4ft nothing young adult at the age of 24 jet black hair, multiple piercings and tattoos.
The book compared to the movie the movie did not meet my expectations in character aspect, but character traits and personalities were dead on, the person playing Lisbeth was everything i expect for she was a little tall although the movie was amazing.
The book on the other hand was also amazing i believe it was way better than the director's version of the movie in my head it played perfectly in order and kept scenes but in the movie i think there was way too many cut out scenes that have been cut out like from the book when Lisbeth is standing in front a door in disguise and a women looks at her as if she seen her before, then Lisbeth paces back and forth in front of the door and sees a person punch in the code 1260 she walks in she sees a Milton security cam ignores it because she knows they only work when the alarm is set. She walks up the stairs sees another door uses the same code it opens and mutters to herself, sloppy, very sloppy. I like that because it is the being of when she shows how slick and smart she is dressing up and breaking in, that is just the beginning of her smarts and slickness

What a great character Lisbeth is. Strong, centered as to who she is, capable, independent. Very detailed are these books, but so exciting that I was actually having trouble reading other, lighter books afterwards. Have passed on the Trilogy to other friends and family members, who too are caught up in action. Excellent books.

I should have followed my instincts and passed on reading this overly long book. It definitely would be a better book if it was shorter; so much of it seems repetitive and tedious.

The only character I slightly like is Salander. She is a quirky girl who is deeply scarred by life and lives on the edge. She was the only reason I finished reading the book.

Unfortunately I bought the whole set of three and will most likely let the other two sit on my shelf and get dusty. Though I have read that the second book is better than the first and there is more Salander in it.

I had start the first one in the spring and now finished the entire trilogy. This one is my FAVE!!! it was the best and most interesting. I recommended this book to my coworker and she loved it. Great characters and twists. Although I figured out the ending. As all the other reviews have stated you will love Salander. The entire series does very in depth on what they wear, eat, buy and see. Very descriptive. I recommend this book to everyone. You don't have to read the 2nd and 3rd to be full satisfied with this novel. To be staisfied with the trilogy and characters you will want to read the entire series.