I RECONSIDERED MY GRADE AFTER SOME COMMENTS AND ADJUSTED IT DOWNWARD TO A-
"The Girl Who Played With Fire" by Stieg Larsson - A-
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," the first book in this "trilogy" (quotation marks explained below), introduced us to Lisbeth Salander, a rarity in that she is an extraordinarily unique character. While Salander was ancillary to the main storyline in "Tattoo," she still stole the show.
Salander is front and center in "The Girl Who Played With Fire." Mikael Blomkvist is back as are a bunch of other characters from Tattoo. Make no mistake, though, "Fire" is about Salander. She is a layered, mysterious character, and under every layer, there is still more to learn about her, and she surprises throughout.
Larsson died in 2004 and never saw any of his books in print. The third in the "trilogy" has not been translated into English, yet, and a fourth in the series was in process at Larsson's death.
"Fire" is a well written, suspenseful novel, difficult to put down. I got through it in only a few days.
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Way too funny. I just finished this last night! (I am psyched that you started this blog by the way.) The only problem I had with the book was the idea that all of the killer's victims could be paid off without any publicity or leak to the press. (I know this is cryptic. I don't want to ruin it for other readers.) Question: Were you left frustrated by any part of how the mystery was resolved/wrapped up?
ReplyDeleteI find Lisbeth such a unique and interesting character that I was willing to overlook some of the less believable aspects of the book. I also compared the book a bit to "Dragon Tattoo" (which I didn't enjoy as much).
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