Dark psychological thriller – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Submitted by Hunter Xu on Sunday, 30 August 2009No Comment

Author: Stieq Larsson
The book review:
After a slow start , this novel finally takes off and doesn’t let up until the final page. It is a complex and richly detailed story involving a powerful family with plenty of skeletons in the closet.

A 24-year-old computer hacker sporting an assortment of tattoos and body piercings and afflicted with Asperger Syndrome or something of the like has been under state guardianship in her native Sweden since she was thirteen. She supports herself by doing deep background investigations for Dragan Armansky, who, in turn, worries the anorexic-looking Lisbeth Salander is "the perfect victim for anyone who wished her ill." Salander may look fourteen and stubbornly shun social norms, but she possesses the inner strength of a determined survivor. She sees more than her word processor page in black and white and despises the users and abusers of this world. She won’t hesitate to exact her own unique brand of retribution against small-potatoes bullies, sick predators, and corrupt magnates alike.

If you like dark psychological thrillers, but intelligent, literary ones, this is the book for you. Skillful character development, well-researched and many-tiered subplots. I simply could not put this book down, and started the next book of the series as soon as I had finished "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." I cannot wait for the third and final book in the trilogy to be translated/published. Unfortunately, we cannot look forward to any more books like this from this fine author. Stief Larsson author died of a massive heart attack at age 50 shortly after delivering the three manuscripts in this series to his publisher.

I loved how different the plot was and how captivating the story line was till the end. I’m now anxious for the 3rd book to be released in America.

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