Stieg Larsson
Hardcover | Pages: 465 pages Rating: 4.13 | 2460484 Users | 67146 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Män som hatar kvinnor |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Millennium #1 |
| Characters: | Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Erika Berger, Dragan Armansky, Henrik Vanger, Martin Vanger, Cecilia Vanger, Hans-Erik Wennerström, Harriet Vanger, Holger Palmgren, Nils Bjurman, Anita Vanger, Birger Vanger, Dirch Frode, Christer Malm, Gustaf Morell, Isabella Vanger, Gottfried Vanger, Jan Köbin |
| Setting: | Stockholm(Sweden) Hedeby Island(Sweden) Hedestad, Stockholm(Sweden) |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award for Mystery/Crime Novel Of The Decade (2010), Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (2009), Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2009), Glass Key Award (2006), CWA International Dagger Nominee (2008) Galaxy British Book Awards for Crime Thriller of the Year (2009), Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (2008), Strand Critics Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2008) |
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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.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.
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0307269752 (ISBN13: 9780307269751)
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| Title | : | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) |
| Author | : | Stieg Larsson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | 1st edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 465 pages |
| Published | : | September 16th 2008 by Knopf (first published August 2005) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Dystopia |
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Ratings: 4.13 From 2460484 Users | 67146 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
we are in low-three land here. but at least i am learning things about sweden! for example: ladies in sweden just kind of shrug off sexual abuse! they are rape-teflon! this i am learning from the facts provided at the beginning of chapters, and from various characters' reactions to events. they just brush themselves off and go back to eating sandwiches. yes, that is another thing i learned: the swedes eat sandwiches. exclusively. if you excise every occurrence of the words "coffee" and
Now that's what I'm talking about! I've never seen the genre political thriller get mentioned on Goodreads, but here is a prime candidate for this moniker.The translation seems elaborate, genuine, and faithful enough. The places or settings in the book are descriptive. The scenes are well lit.As for the plot, it's quite intricate. Read it and find out! The characterization is not world class, but the author gives the impression that he could write purple prose, if he wanted to. There is
Swedish people are nuts! I realize thats a bit of a broad generalization and it sounds a bit rude, but I dont care. Because more often than not, Im nuts too.I was born and raised in Minnesota, and if you know our state history, youre already aware that we were predominantly settled and populated by Swedish (and Norwegian) immigrants. So not only are many Minnesota residents of Scandinavian descent, myself included, a lot of our quirky mannerisms and even our accents are commonly attributed to
Larsson takes what seemed at the outset to be a juicy 'locked-island-mystery plot' and turns it first into an insightful family saga and then into a scathing political and social commentary that forces us to think about such a wide variety of themes and aspects that we normally refuse to accept as part of society. It takes an author like Larsson to shove it in our faces in all its stinking ugliness for us to stop turning the blind eye at these atrocities.Do not mistake this for a mere fictional
Not sure what all the hype was about. The first 1/3 of the book showed promise. Two seperate characters who will soon cross paths. Kind of classic mystery story telling. But then it has some moments of perversity that didn't really need to be in the story. Kind of creepy and weird. I guess there is not a lot to do in Sweden. The second part they are together on an island trying to solve a mystery that was never really engaging. They had to find out what happened to a girl forty years ago. Wow!
I really don't understand the critical orgasms over this book. Amazon pushed it on me for weeks, and the minute I stepped into Borders an employee ran over and recommended it. Thinking, this really better be the best book I've ever read, I took it up to the checkstand, where the register guy asked: "Did one of our employees recommend this?" Um, yeah. And Amazon, too. So of course I asked him why. "Oh," he replied, "we've been told to recommend it this week." That should have tipped me off right
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