Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3006 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-10
• Binding: Hardcover
• 572 pages

The Times
The ballyhoo is fully justified...At over 500 pages this hardly sagged...The novel scores on every front - character, story, atmosphere'

Sunday Times
...a publishing sensation...Crime fiction has seldom needed to salute and mourn such a stellar talent as Larsson's in the same breath

Minette Walters
What a cracking novel! I haven't read such a stunning thriller debut for years...Brilliantly written and totally gripping

Customer Reviews

THOMP
The book is long and took a bit of getting into.

The middle part of the book was fairly interesting, about financial fraud and family feud and disfunction, with some middle aged sex fantasy thrown in for good measure.

The climax was ultimately disappointing unless you are deeply into "high finance" or a financial journalist.

Girl with Dragon Tattoo lived up to expectations
This thriller encouraged me to abandon my computer and read again...

I was intrigued by the title and soon became absorbed by the the plot and colourful characters until eventually could not put the book down.

Recoiled in horror at some parts of the unfolding mysteries but it seems normal for today's warped & bored rich when viewing present day news.....

the book is well worth the read I enjoyed the style and the pace.

Agatha Christie with pickled herring
I don't read many thrillers and this book reminded me why. The narrative at first was quite compelling and I enjoyed the Swedish setting but once we arrived at the island I was forcibly reminded of Agatha Christie but with more gore. The corrupt family - the hideous secrets - ho hum yawn - and could anyone find Salander at all plausible?
Maybe I'm too squeamish but I'm also tired of novels which purport to condemn violence whilst describing it in all too much sickening detail. I will allow that the part in Australia was quite original but having ploughed my way to the end ( with numerous checks on the width of the pages that remained...)I've no intention of reading the two further parts of the trilogy.