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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
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At first I rated this book "it was OK" but changed it to "liked it" because even though I found fault with it, I have to admit that the story held my interest and I would like to read the sequel (even though it's extremely violent).

I also have the movie but haven't seen it yet. I've heard the movie is not as good as the book but isn't that usually the case?.

I was disappointed because I expected more due to all the hype. You can't go anywhere now without seeing ads for the trilogy but at the time when the book club picked it, I hadn't even heard about it.

I found the writing plain - I'm sure something was lost in translation.

The Bible quotations were sure creepy. Was anyone else as shocked as I was that stuff like that is in the Bible?

I didn't like the characters - the 90-pound goth girl for whom much larger men are no match, not to mention she's also a self-taught genius on computers (particularly Macs which were mentioned so often Larsson must have had shares in the company). I'm tired of seeing 90-pound girls on TV and in movies and I really didn't want to read about yet another one. Am I alone here?

I'm also tired of middle-aged men whose are God's gift to women. Wasn't that Blomqvist quite the catch?
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Reading Progress

February 8, 2010 – Shelved
May 11, 2010 – Started Reading
June 1, 2010 – Finished Reading

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Judy Decaigny I liked "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and gave it 4 stars. It is certainly not great literature, but it kept my interest right to the end. I found "the girl" interesting - a tattooed, motorcycle-riding, skinny, computer geek.
The book was obviously written by a male. It was violent and the sex casual.
But the mystery kept me reading - I really wanted to find out what happened to Harriet. And I was definitely surprised when it was revealed.
I liked Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander was oddly appealing. All in all a satisfying read. I will definitely read the next book.


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