Girl with the dragon tattoo
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Yes. It's a good, addictive page turner. I never felt
the need to read any of the sequels and am fine with how the book ended. The movies (Swedish and US) are both extremely faithful to the book if you'd rather watch.
Light beach reading page turners. I read all three in about an hour
( read them at night while on the road). The basic themes are violence on women and corporate greed. Lots of intrigue. If you want to be distracted for awhile these mystery novels will do the trick. I enjoyed them.
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Beach reading page turners. I read all three in about an hour
And coffee and sardine sandwiches.
I read all three. I enjoyed the third the most, I'm in the minority there.
General theme is rich people are evil, good people are poor. Men are bad, or stupid.
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I loved Lisbeth. I thoroughly enjoyed every ass-kicking she dispensed.
Mmmmmmmm ... sardines, mustard and raw onion on a cracker (the raw onion and mustard serve their purpose
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You forgot to mention .... "characters that insist on sleeping with any other human that even quiver because my plot is slowing and I need to make this a 600+ page novel"
Steig won't ever go down as one of my better authors, even post-humously
Girl with the dragon tattoo
Careful with your subject lines, I thought my girlfriend was cheating on me
Careful with your subject lines, I thought my girlfriend was cheating on me
You forgot to mention .... "characters that insist on sleeping with any other human that even quiver because my plot is slowing and I need to make this a 600+ page novel"
Steig won't ever go down as one of my better authors, even post-humously
No but you wish.
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Light beach reading page turners. I read all three in about an hour
I do think Lisbeth's story is made more interesting by her status as a ward of the state (or whatever her situation is); certainly leads to an interesting development in the first book.
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You forgot to mention .... "characters that insist on sleeping with any other human that even quiver because my plot is slowing and I need to make this a 600+ page novel"
Steig won't ever go down as one of my better authors, even post-humously
The Swedes are pretty liberal with that stuff I guess.
Still - I loved the movie even if a bit clinical. I loved Rooney Mara too - she went 'all in' on the marketing...
The author, Stieg Larsson was a Social Democrat. However, regardless of his politics, the issues he framed his novels around are ones that are experienced everywhere, and must be dealt with and put to an end; basically, sexual violence on children and women and corporate corruption and greed. Lisbeth Salander encountered both and gave the bastards several doses of their own medicine. That part was fun.
Mara is an NFL heiress if there ever was one. I wonder which team she pulls for. Both, I suppose. Her trust fund depends on it.The Swedes are pretty liberal with that stuff I guess.
Still - I loved the movie even if a bit clinical. I loved Rooney Mara too - she went 'all in' on the marketing...
I thought the Swedish film was better than the American version. If you can find it, give it a showing.The Swedes are pretty liberal with that stuff I guess.
Still - I loved the movie even if a bit clinical. I loved Rooney Mara too - she went 'all in' on the marketing...
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Reminds me of Travolta's Line in Pulp Fiction - "who's the chick with all the s-it in her face?"
I'm picking up the flag for you, Midnighter.
I thought all three books were great and made for enjoyable reading. I won't read any of the sequels with different authors.
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Both were great and I thought Mara's performance - which was so physical - was worthy of all the attention it got.
For those looking for more addictive thrillers, check out Gillian (Gone Girl) Flynn's two other books - Dark Places and Sharp Objects; both really good.
I agree. I made the mistake of reading the one by the author the Larsson estate hired. Sucked.
