The Girl that Played with Fire

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  Another intriguing book different from any of the other books I usually read. Same difficulties as Tattoo trying to adapt to the writing style, foreign names that are often similar to each other, and unfamiliar locations, but as I figured out in Tattoo, if you just go along for the ride it is highly entertaining! Larsson did a great job continuing the story by dropping easy hints to remind you of the major plot points of the first book without spelling them out or belaboring them. The Salan... (show more)

  Another intriguing book different from any of the other books I usually read. Same difficulties as Tattoo trying to adapt to the writing style, foreign names that are often similar to each other, and unfamiliar locations, but as I figured out in Tattoo, if you just go along for the ride it is highly entertaining! Larsson did a great job continuing the story by dropping easy hints to remind you of the major plot points of the first book without spelling them out or belaboring them. The Salander crisis toward the end was a little TV movie of the week and was a bit annoying, but other than that I was very happy with the storytelling. So many of the areas that left you with questions from the first book are explained. Many are still unresolved though, but I'm much more tolerant of that after seeing how the 1st & 2nd books worked together. I'm looking forward to May 2010 to see how it all ends up! (show less)

   

   

  by Melissa Peters on Nov 14, 2009 at 06:51PM

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  I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the first, but that's really not saying much since its predecessor held me utterly rapt for the four days I took to finish it. The slight decrease in my zeal over this book results from the fact that I was introduced to the Blomkvist and Salander in the first novel and therefore wasn't afforded the pleasure of meeting them for the first time. I appreciated the immediacy of this book's conclusion, though, again, the drawn out solutions to the problems i... (show more)

  I didn't enjoy this one quite as much as the first, but that's really not saying much since its predecessor held me utterly rapt for the four days I took to finish it. The slight decrease in my zeal over this book results from the fact that I was introduced to the Blomkvist and Salander in the first novel and therefore wasn't afforded the pleasure of meeting them for the first time. I appreciated the immediacy of this book's conclusion, though, again, the drawn out solutions to the problems in the first book were extremely satisfying. If I had to point to a possible flaw, it would have to be the contrivance with Salander near the end. I didn't want to go on reading after the false conclusion of that narrative thread. The trick worked brilliantly on me, and perhaps that's why I was a little put off by it. Otherwise, I can't wait for the third and final installment.

  Paolo Roberto will be a major character in the final volume, mark my words. (show less)

   

   

  by Andrew Chiacchierini on Sep 01, 2009 at 08:23PM

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