| Extraordinary. Stieg Larsson's thrilling novel, The | | | | detailed and complex storyline, fully aware that |
| Girl with the Dragon Tattoo really does deserve | | | | this first novel formed the platform for the |
| the praise it has been given and its place atop the | | | | trilogy. |
| bestseller lists. It is different to any other crime | | | | Larsson builds his characters beautifully - they are |
| novel I have read. | | | | complex individuals with both flaws and morals |
| Larsson tells the story of his main characters | | | | that his audience can identify and empathize with. |
| Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, along with | | | | Yes, there are certainly grisly and violent scenes |
| a great ensemble cast, in almost a clinically | | | | in this novel. I did not find them overly disturbing |
| detailed fashion, providing the reader a birds-eye | | | | though... they were simply part of the story being |
| view of their lives. While I know some found the | | | | told. You soon begin to realise that the mystery |
| detail provided around the financial subject matter | | | | being solved in the foreground is actually just a |
| and the disclosure of the characters everyday | | | | mechanism through which Larsson is telling the |
| routines laborious - it actually had the opposite | | | | real story, that being the story of his hero and |
| effect on me. | | | | heroine, Blomkvist and Salander. |
| I found the subject matter easy to follow and | | | | I can't wait to read the second novel in the |
| this confrontational open and honest writing style | | | | Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire. |
| very refreshing (credit also goes to translator Reg | | | | Larsson has written a crime thriller that has truly |
| Keeland). I was hooked from the moment I | | | | broken the mold - a must read! |
| began reading, loving sinking my teeth into the | | | | |