The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson

'Millenium' magazine publisher Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the action covered in Larsson's first novel, The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, when the prospect of an investigation into sex trafficking comes his way. Again he becomes embroiled in violence. But this time it is his sidekick Lisbeth Salander who is in danger. Not that she's ever been out of danger, it would appear. The second novel in the Millenium trilogy explores the character of Lisbeth Salander. Larsson's fascination with sado masochistic sex could seem unhealthy, but he balances this with his creation of this strong female protagonist. Lisbeth has been abused all her life, but is never ...  Read the complete review

The late Stieg Larsson's second book in the Millennium series, "The Girl Who played with Fire" is more focussed on it's Introverted and mysterious computer hacker heroine, Lisbeth Salander. Salander and Millenniums magazine's publisher Mikael Blomkvist are once again reunited (or rather linked) by a chain of events caused by the intended publication of facts regarding the sex trade in Sweden which would expose many important men from journalists to police officers. Before the publication can go ahead and before Salander can exert her own brand of justice, three people are murdered and forensic evidence puts Salander right in the frame. ...  Read the complete review

The Girl Who Played with Fire is the second book in the Millenium trilogy by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, translated into English by Reg Keeland. The first book in the trilogy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, became widely popular and in my opinion was a brilliantly addicting crime thriller. Stieg Larsson was a Swedish writer and journalist who died young from a sudden heart attack after he had finished writing the 3 novels in the Millenium trilogy, and so never lived to see how successful they have become. The book follows on with the original characters from the first book, namely Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. After the events from ...  Read the complete review

After eating up part one in the series, I was dying to read this new one. Larsson's story continues with his two main protagonists: Salander and Blomvkist, as they get mixed up in a new plot revolving around exposing the sex slave industry. I absolutely loved 'The girl with the dragon tattoo', and couldn't have been much more disappointed with 'The girl who played with fire'. There is one major problem: the plot. The plot of the first novel was different, original and unpredictable. With this one, it's old hat, and reads like a very average crime novel; there's been a murder, a cover up, and now the truth has to be found. The pace is ...  Read the complete review

The second book in a series of three, the first being The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the third, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The Girl Who Played with Fire lives up to all expectations one might have after reading the first. The second book is sequential with actually being a sequel; one could read it without having first read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. However I would highly recommend you read them in order. The book begins about 6 months from the close of the first and we catch up with Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. As with the first book the plot and pace of the book continue to build at a steady pace. Stieg Larsson was a Swedish writer ...  Read the complete review