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Post by RacetrackRejects on Aug 10, 2010 14:20:01 GMT -5
I thought there was a thread here on this book, but I can't find it.
No spoilers please, but what did you guys think about it?
Book 2: The Girl Who Played With Fire.
Just so you know, buy book3 while you are there getting book 2. Book 2 sort of leaves you at the edge of a cliff and you must have book 3 to find out how it all ends. I found this highly annoying..lol.
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Post by filly on Aug 10, 2010 15:15:39 GMT -5
I haven't read it yet but I keep eyeballing it and thinking about it! I'd love to hear if someone else also liked it! ;D
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Post by samantha on Aug 10, 2010 15:41:01 GMT -5
3 of my friends whom I swap books with RAVE about this series. I haven't had a chance to start it yet, but they are all obsessed with it.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Aug 10, 2010 16:27:45 GMT -5
HHmm.. ok, I went and picked it up. I will report back with details =). Tks Sam!
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Post by elizabeth_h on Aug 10, 2010 21:08:37 GMT -5
Ok, I know I am going to be the odd person out here, but I did not like it. I took it out at the library just before it got super popular so I had not heard anything about it. The librarian told me they had the series in French and they were so popular that she ordered the English version too, so I was thinking I'd like it. I got about halfway through and gave up...I did not think it was anything special, and in the middle it just dragged for me. Perhaps the pace picks up 2 pages after I quit! My mother and pretty much everyone else loved the series though. Maybe I should give it another try.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Aug 11, 2010 9:59:38 GMT -5
I am about 100 pages in and still haven't picked up on the "meat" of the story. It seems a bit slow but feels like there is a good story coming, so I keep reading , which is the point I guess..lol. I want more of Salander's story at this point and havent' really seen a whole lot.
There is a Dutch movie version of the book that I can watch for free on Netflix, but it's subtitled, so that is one reason why I wanted to read the book beforehand.
I will let you know what I think E, but so far, I'm leaning toward your impression of the book. I just keep getting the feeling that it is going to get really good any second..lol.
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Post by Lis on Aug 11, 2010 11:44:27 GMT -5
i haven't read it but have heard that the first is hard to get into and the 2nd is much better.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Aug 13, 2010 8:21:16 GMT -5
Ok, so I'm almost done with the book (about page 580). Here are my thoughts.
First, it takes about 200 pages of boring, almost pure historical biography of a fictional Swedish family, to get to any real meat of the story. I almost did not make it that far to be honest. Once the story takes off though, it really takes off and is quite good, in my opinion.
Second, it takes a while for the girl with the dragon tattoo to be integrated into the main story. You read pages upon pages of family history, then a few paragraphs about the girl, then back to family history (not her family).
Thirdly, if you have issues handling stories about violent sexual assault of women, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. Also, do not read if you cannot handle ritualistic animal torture/murder. I read alot of thriller type books and have read some crazy things, but there were a few things in this book that gave me a major case of the creeps and made me VERY angry.
Overall, is it a good book? Yes, I think it is, but, like I said, it takes about 200 pages for anything to get going and most of those 200 pages are boring biographical family tree type stuff, at least boring to me. The girl is who I kept wanting to know and the author kept her out of reach for quite a while, which in my case is the only thing the kept me reading, but I think many people would have given up too quickly and stopped reading as Elizabeth did.
Like I said, I"m not quite finished and I'm not happy with what appears to be the ending to certain things in the book, but I'm not judging until I completely finish. Oh, and yes, I will pick up the next book to read.
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Post by niaru on Aug 13, 2010 11:00:06 GMT -5
I read this series last year (or was it 2 years ago, I forget - they had the French version out much before it was translated into English) and I had the same impression at first as elizabeth and RR, almost gave up on the 1st book at first. But once you finish it one you'll be hooked. I couldn't put the other ones down! Yes it is dark and violent at times but the character of Lisbeth had me hooked. I haven't watched any of the movies yet, and I am not sure I will, I have a feeling I'll be disappointed (as always) and I don't think they're that good anyways.
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Post by adcooper on Aug 13, 2010 12:34:13 GMT -5
Thirdly, if you have issues handling stories about violent sexual assault of women, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. Also, do not read if you cannot handle ritualistic animal torture/murder. I read alot of thriller type books and have read some crazy things, but there were a few things in this book that gave me a major case of the creeps and made me VERY angry. Of course these books are circulating like mad in libraries, so I see them a lot. I have resisted them for just the reason you mention above, rr. I understand that violence and disturbing elements can be necessary in some literature, but so often movies and books are packed with violence-based sensation and little else. I don't like that stuff, and I've walked out of a couple of movies because I went to be entertained and felt I was being emotionally exploited instead. The animal torture stuff sounds horrifying, too. |
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Aug 18, 2010 9:56:15 GMT -5
I should probably say that the animal torture stuff is not a huge part of the book. Basically 1 horrible thing happens and 2 other incidents are spoken about.
I finished Book 2 and am a bit peeved that I HAVE to buy book 3 to find out how Book 2 ends really. While Book 2 was fine, but it read as a transitional book to me, which is what it is. I'm hoping that Book 3 has a bit more meat to it.
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Post by Einstein on Sept 17, 2010 9:24:34 GMT -5
I just finished it last night, and loved it. Maybe I'm skewed, but I didn't think the animal torture was a big deal, nor the violence against woman, that was a big part of the story, and honestly, I loved Lisbeth's way of dealing with things mid book!
Ad, I do not think this book is based on violence, there is a whole lot more to the book, but it is about trying to solve a 40 year old cold case dissapearance/possible murder of a 16 year old girl.
I'll download book 2 now, I'm hoping for more about Lisbeth and why she is the way she is in this book.
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Sept 17, 2010 10:52:57 GMT -5
I don't think the book is based on violence, but I think the degree of violence depicted would bother some people. After being scolded once for suggesting Da Vinci Code to a self described "good Christian woman who would obviously classify some blasphemy as trash" and told the book needed to be removed from the library, I put disclaimers out now..lol.
Edited to add that the real title of the book is Men Who Hate Women. It was changed for translations.
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Post by Einstein on Sept 17, 2010 12:39:33 GMT -5
The real title seems to fit it well I can see how that would be used. Then again, it is a book that's hard to say, well it's about this, or it's about that.
I just read that the the guy wrote all 3 books, then submitted them shortly before dying, is that right? That's so sad.
I'm already finding some answers to my questions about book 1 in book 2.
RR have you read book 3?
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Post by RacetrackRejects on Sept 17, 2010 12:48:08 GMT -5
Yes, that is true, but some relation to the author (gf maybe?) is supposed to publishing a book 4 and maybe 5. I think Stieg wrote part or most of book 4 before he died and they have outlines for a 5th book by him. I read that somewhere online.
I have read book 3, which, IMO, is FABULOUS!
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