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. 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. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Audio version was helpful because I did not know how to pronounce the foreign names. It also got me into the story, then I switched to the print version.
It keeps your attention all the way through the book.
It is suspenseful and action packed.
Good story, but slow going at the start.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. So were the two that followed it. The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest followed the tattooed girl. Some of the characters in these books are so realistically twisted, it’s no wonder that young woman is the way she is. You just …
This whole series is riveting! The main characters are complex and keep you guessing the entire time. I’ve read the series twice. Highly recommended.
This was such an impressive book. I couldn’t put it down.
I Loved it, loved all 3 books.
So suspenseful and parts are extremely gruesome but love the triumphant ending
I’ve read all three of “The Girl” books. All are fascinating. I couldn’t stop reading them!
Totally original
could not put book down….story line was intertwining, Characters interesting, just a really good book….
This is a hard book to read…awful situations, with savage action…..tensely written, but for the strong stomached.
A captivating tale. Hard to put down. You won’t get a good night’s sleep until you finish it.
Omg it’s incredible! Read the whole series! Couldn’t put it down!
For a foreign book and taking place in a country other than the US, it was an eye opener into another country and how somethings work. Have read all these books.
Complex narrative with unpredictable plot twists and original, believable characters make this one of the most compelling and memorable novels I’ve read in years. It’ll haunt you long have you’ve turned the last page.
Great book, Read the whole trilogy. And watched the movies. However the American movie lacked the great characters that artfully replicated the book.
However the Swedish films were suberb
This was definitely a hard to put down book, and one that stays in your mind for a long time. Riveting!
A must read – could not put it down.