The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson Reviews

~A Girl with a Dragon Tatoo and not a swedish sauna in sight!~ *********************************************** I must admit that I only read The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo after having watched the original swedish language film based on the book. I found that the film even in its original language was enjoyable to watch, ...  Read the complete review

When I got mu kindle this one of the first books i downloaded to take on holiday with me and i am so glad i did. I spent a whole day at the pool reading this book in a day didnt even eat! I thoroughly enjoyed this story which i found enticing and kept me always wondering. I enjoyed the dark side of the book as i thought it was well ...  Read the complete review

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was one of those books that was a "must read" sensation a few years back. Beloved of book clubs and TV programmes, virtually everyone you saw seemed to own a copy. Although it was a book I always planned to read, I got round to it a lot later than everyone else. It was worth the ...  Read the complete review

I was warned by my friend who had already read this book to "stick with it, even if you don't want to at first" and she was right. The start of this book is pretty slow - as it's trying to set the scene and introduce one of the main characters, his situation and how he becomes involved in this murder mystery. If my friend ...  Read the complete review

After hearing all the recent hype about this book I had to give it a go. I'd heard that some of the story is lost in translation, but i find it translates very well, in fact had I not already known it was a Swedish author beforehand I'd probably never of realised. To sum up it up its a murder mystery/thriller with a ...  Read the complete review

I had been hearing a lot about the Millennium series of books written by Stieg Larsson, what with the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo film coming out at the cinema. I like a good mystery/thriller kind of story and there seemed to be something about this story that I thought I would like. When I got my new Kindle for Christmas I decided to ...  Read the complete review

I just loved this book so much - I immediately bought the other two in the Millenium trilogy for my Kindle. Larsson's first book of the series gets off to a slow start with his penchant for sometimes laborious detail perhaps a discouragement for some readers. Plough on! Its worth it. The tale soon gets going as the parallel ...  Read the complete review

There was a lot of hype for this book, and for the film adaptation, that I wanted to check it out for myself. The foreign language and location put me off slightly, thinking that it could confuse my tiny brain, but it turned out to be an interesting and intelligent read. Overall, whilst this may not appeal to all, it appeased me to an ...  Read the complete review

'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' is the first part of the award winning trilogy of books by Swedish author Steig Larsson entitled 'The Millenium Trilogy'. The book focuses around a young heroine Lisbeth a young 'punk' with severe emotional issues but with a gift for IT security and hacking, she forms an unlikely friendship ...  Read the complete review

Wow!!! This is probably one of the best books I have read. It is gripping, intriguing and just when you think you have it figured out - you haven't! Well maybe that's just me but there are twists and turns to this book, it is really hard to put it down once you start reading. The first few chapters are relatively ...  Read the complete review

One of my collegues from work recommended this book to me and to be honest i had never heard of Steig Larsson and was expecting the same old thriller story. I dont think I could have been more wrong. This is definatley one of the best books i have read in the last few months (apart from the other books in the series). It was quite ...  Read the complete review

I had been intrigued by this book for a long time before I read it. I was expecting a fairly exciting; yet fairly generic crime-thriller which had a pretty straight story and not a lot of variety from other books of its kind. I couldn't have been more wrong than I was. ==Story== The story of 'The Girl with the ...  Read the complete review

I am in my early 20's work over 50 hours a week and managed to read this book cover to cover within a week! It is so addictive you can not put it down. I am an avid reader and I can safely say this is the best book I have read to date. Why? Its about a heroine who has her own justice system not necessarily in ...  Read the complete review

Over the past few years, I have seen this book is so many different places. Every time I pick it up and read the back..then decide I wouldn't enjoy it so I leave it behind. When people started raving about a movie with the same title, that apparently was amazing, I started to think maybe it was time to buy the book. But I still didn't. ...  Read the complete review

Like many people who have heard of these novels and the spin out films I had noticed the names of the books, the colours and the authors name but never really gone any further in terms of reading the novels. That was until a friend bought me this novel for my birthday, that was in July and for months it was a useful stand for ...  Read the complete review

It seems whether you have an interest in it or not, you can not escape 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' at the moment. It began as a title which half caught my attention whilst browsing books, but not one I'd choose to pick up, after all it's categorised in the 'crime' genre which isn't really my sort of thing. Soon enough, everyone I ...  Read the complete review

I failed to understand the hype when I started this book, as it begins very slowly. In fact, I was even questioning the normally flawless judgement of the friend who gave it to me. But I perservered (it was a birthday present after all!), and by the breathless end, you start to wonder if the start is just wily Stieg Larsson was just ...  Read the complete review

I gave into the cult status surrounding this book earlier this year as one of my many holiday reads, I must admit throughout the holiday I kept putting it off and off as I just couldn't get excited by the description on the back. The lure of the story is far from exciting. A journalist enters a world of mystery, lies and ...  Read the complete review

This was a slow starter, taking a couple of chapters to really get into the story but well worth the effort. The quality of the writing in this book is of a very high standard and with excellent attention to detail - sometimes detailed descriptions in books can be quite irritating but here it flows naturally. The ...  Read the complete review

I deliberately didn't see the film - with all the hype I prefer to read the story first as it usually improves the film for me. The first chapter of this book I found so dull and dry. I am not in the least bit interested in politics, much less those of another country. However I bought the first two of the trilogy (buy one, get one ...  Read the complete review