The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Good crime, suspense book. I have had several people tell me I should read these books, with differing opinions. Several didn't like the book, others did but felt the two newer ones weren't as good (which I have yet to read), and as I am always looking for stuff to read that doesn't cross my normal radar, I picked it up and started reading this one. I feel like its almost two books. The first half of the book kind of dragged along for me...there was a lot of story that really didn't seem to go anywhere, and really didn't enhance the plot or develop certain characters more. The second half of the book was, I thought, very gripping, fast paced, and made it so you didn't want to stop reading until you finished the book. Thus, I found the first 300 pages to be somewhat of a struggle to get through, and the second 300 to be a breeze. There's little tidbits in the book that I think shows some insight into differing attitudes that Sweden has culturally than the U.S., and that makes it interesting as well. Overall, despite the slow start for me, I enjoyed the read and thought it was a good crime thriller.
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