The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[ceelo]

Has anybody read this?

I'm thinking of picking up a copy today.

Like? Dislike?

Thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.

[dfloyd]

on unabridged CDs and they are not literature, but they are highly entertaining. Definitely several steps above Dan Brown. I've seen the first movie, and it is also entertaining - no boring parts. They have made all three movies in Swedish with English subtitles.The girl who plays Lizbeth, the heroine, is very good. Since these are well narrated on CD, I would suggest listening to them instead of reading. After all, they are not classics.

[hazelk]

Read The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo and did enjoy.
I just loved Lisbeth.

I was not interested in reading the two that followed.

[Cazzasaurus]

Ive read and loved all three in the trilogy!
The first book can take a while to get into, but it is worth it.

[nandakishore]

They are definitely not literature, but very well narrated and Lisbeth Salander is a truly unique heroine. I found the books to lack focus in parts (except for the third) and the descriptions of various types of sex got boring after a while. But they are real fast reads.

[Seasider]

I've read them all and found them gripping. But he could have done with a good editor. Repetitive details about what kind of sandwiches or what strength coffee added nothing to the narrative flow.
Certainly modified my view of Sweden. I thought it was a vanilla sort of country.

[kasie]

....Certainly modified my view of Sweden. I thought it was a vanilla sort of country.

In that case, Seasider, you should move on to Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander stories - very dark. Well written, too, tight narrative, believable characters, haunting sense of place. (Forget Kenneth Branagh's attempts at representing the character btw - he failed utterly to grasp the essentials of the man; the Swedish films are much nearer the essence of the stories. They are being repeated on BBC4 atm - but the books are much better.)

[plainjane]

I've read and enjoyed all three as well, and as mentioned above, the first is a little difficult to get into and find your feet. But well worth it.

[LuggageFan]

Loved the first one, the second one was also very enjoyable, haven't read the third yet.

[ceelo]

Nearly finished with the first. I think it's popular because it sort of fits that 'locked room mystery' type format.

Books similar to it always seem to be gain quite a lot of attention and appraisal

[dfloyd]

He had a long-term live-in, but they were never married. Stieg Larsson died intestate - no will. So these three books belong to the father and brother. They have purportedly offered the girlfriend 2 million dollars to settle, and provide them with an unfinished fourth novel which she has. She has turned this down. See stieglarsson.com for other details.