| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Quercus
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 542
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.8
ISBN: 1847245455
EAN: 9781847245458
Publication Date: July 24, 2008
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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family.
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Slow to begin with but soon improves. July 28, 2010
Sian
The beginning of this book moves really slowly as the main character-Blomkvist- is stuck in his investigation into a family's past and so the book moves slowly and can be quite frustrating. However, the story does eventually pick up pace and becomes really interesting. This book has a great plot and interesting characters and the only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 was because of the slow beginning and I also thought that the ending was dragged out a bit too long. I would definitely recommend this book along with the other books of the millennium trilogy.
 A very good read! July 27, 2010
Yorkshirefreckles
Having been persuaded into reading this book, I didn't know quite what to expect, especially since some of the reviews I had read were less than encouraging. But I wasn't disappointed! This is a very pacy book with believable characters and a good plot. The English is a little stilted in places because this is a translation, but it doesn't detract from the storyline. If you like a mystery, if you like a page-turner and you enjoy a twist in the tale, you should enjoy this book. It's the first of a trilogy and I've bought all three. Can't wait to get time to start on book number two.
 Swedes Should Sue July 27, 2010
Elizabeth Ballarin (italy)
I actually finished this execrable novel last night and am so ashamed I fell prey to reviews that sucked me into the experience. It made me want to take a mental shower and I did get that cleansing by reading and agreeing with all the excellent one-star reviews posted. So many have eloquently given the perfect criticisms, that I needn't add my own on this very, very lame book.
But, I can't resist commenting on the bigger issue: We live in place and time that rewards certain eccentricities; particularly those of a novelist (or actor, or painter, or artist of any kind) who died young. That they DIDN'T live seems to provoke the attention, appreciation, praise, extra-examination. Sometimes it's merited, but as shown in this case, sometimes it's not. I'm sad for Stieg Larsson. Irritating and frustrating as it is to read this book, there are glimpses of real talent that keep you reading and hint at something that might have been honed and developed. R.I.P.
 Not very original July 27, 2010
Mrs. Caroline Gillies
I read this book on recommendation. I was quite disappointed to be honest and I thought that the significance of the dragon tattoo would have played a greater part that's why I kept with it. That particular tattoo was only mentioned in passing
( or is it me; did I miss something?? )
It's interesting that Val Mcdermid got a mention in this novel because the writing reminded me very much of her work but her work is better. Perhaps this is where the writer's ideas came from. I kept waiting for something really different and exciting to happen....a let down I'm afraid.
I bought all three of the trilogy together so I feel obliged to read the others although I'm not looking forward to it.
over-hyped, over-rated, unsatisfying . . . don't bother July 26, 2010
The original karen
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think I must have read a different book entirely to those who gave this 5 stars. Sadly this is another over-hyped book that has only achieved success on the back of the hype (so how did it get the hype in the first place? A new 'chicken and egg' question). I don't understand how any agent got past the first few chapters without putting it on the reject pile as the beginning is extremely dry with no real action to hook the reader. The characters are all one dimensional, and I didn't care about any of them, perhaps with the exception of Lisbeth Salander, the editing was non-existent which lead to a very frustrating read. The crime denouement is far too easy to guess and happens two thirds of the way through the book which then limps along for an excrutiatingly long time tying up the dry, dead ends.
The worst offence the author committed was having his protagonist go and confront the antagonist in a totally unbelievable, horror-movie way where you're shouting at the character don't do that, that's just plain stupid but he did it anyway.
I only read to the end as a stranger saw me reading it when I was out and told me it was worth perservering with, I wish I hadn't bothered.
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