03-02-2009, 05:20 PM
The book opens with the protagonist, Mikail Blumquist (Don't qoute me on the spellings. They are coming from Sweden) being found guilty of libel and on his way to jail. Before he goes to jail, he is asked by a wealthy industrialist, Vanger, to write about Vanger's family and the disappearance of Vanger's neice forty years ago. And that's what our protagonist does.
It's odd when a financial thriller becomes a very strange murder mystery. But it works. The best character in the book is Lisbeth. She's the girl with the tatoo but not the subject of the mystery. She's the researcher who helps Blumbquist solve the mystery. I wish we had more of her story and less of Mikail, because she is the more interesting character.
The problem with liking this book by Stieg Anderson is that he died in 2004. He did finish a trilogy of novels of which this is the first before his death, but it's sad to think the stories will end there.
It's odd when a financial thriller becomes a very strange murder mystery. But it works. The best character in the book is Lisbeth. She's the girl with the tatoo but not the subject of the mystery. She's the researcher who helps Blumbquist solve the mystery. I wish we had more of her story and less of Mikail, because she is the more interesting character.
The problem with liking this book by Stieg Anderson is that he died in 2004. He did finish a trilogy of novels of which this is the first before his death, but it's sad to think the stories will end there.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit