The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)

This was a good read it’s a trilogy the first and third books are a lot more fast paced and thrilling the second book dragged a little in the middle for me. The main ie girl (Salander) is by far the best character you will definitely develop feeling for her in this trilogy. If you read book one then it’s worth reading all 3 and it’s very sad the author is no longer with us he would be happy to know there are so many people wishing for a 4th book ( I hear there might be a 4th script ready) . They are very enjoyable and full of edge of your seat fear very fast paced and nail biting the will make up want to jump in the book and save her to me that’s a great read it I want to be part of it . I did not see the movie or read the Swedish books which I hear are absolutely brilliant. Sex trafficking is a very real problem all across the globe .

I tried reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (paperback version) years ago when it was just gaining popularity, but I stopped after a couple of chapters. I am embarrassed to say that I had trouble keeping track of whos who. I think it may have had something to do with my unfamiliarity with Swedish names. However, I was pleasantly surprised years later when I started reading the Girl Who Played with Fire in the Kindle version. In the Kindle version I was able to highlight a persons name whenever I wanted to confirm who they were, and a note would pop up a tell me who they were in relation to the other characters and the plot. This made my reading experience so much better and I was able to immerse myself in the story and characters much better. I highly recommend this whole series, but especially in the Kindle version for the non-Scandinavian readers.

I read the girl with the dragon tattoo first and it was so freaking good. Now I’m reading this book and it is living up to the same level of amazing so far! More updates to come!

Halfway: ok. I’m so bored with the plot now. I forgot what happened in the beginning already. It’s a little lack luster. Lots of lesbian sex (yuck) and bad/racey relationships dominating the book. Lots of swearing and the whole feeling just feels dirty compared to the first book. I’m done with it. Sending it back.

Steig Larssons Millenium Trilogy is one of the most documented, most reviewed, and most successful sellers on Amazon. This review is not of the books per se, that would be about as redundant as possible. This short review (if found like a needle in a haystack by someone looking for this specific topic) is a product review of the Random House Large Print editions in soft cover, which I purchased from Amazon as they came out in 2009-10.

Volumes as large as this, purchased as mass-market paperbacks can be as cumbersome to read as eye strain can get. If you are not a Kindle reader, take great comfort in physically holding a nice big book, and love that new book smell, this is the way to go. The soft cover binding is both strong and pliable, easy to hold on your lap, in both your hands, or set up on your chest in bed. The large print is a very comfortable contrast typeface that is perfect whether or not you wear glasses. The paper quality is superb, and all in all, Random House has spared no expense at producing a high-quality product for boomers who like to read real books and want to rest the eyes when devouring a massive epic like this one. At $20-25 per book, you might be thinking why not just buy the hard-back edition. Good question! At the time it was even higher priced than this one and I was under wallet restrictions. I do have to say, however, these large editions are handsome on the shelf, feel nice and comfortable in handling, and offer the perfect mixture of easy on the eyes and perfect manual dexterity friendliness. You cant go wrong with a publisher like Random House, their bindings are solid, paper quality the highest, and their print is superior to many others.

I only gave this four stars as I think that the first 20% of the book can be skipped.SPOILER ALERT. Basically she travels around the world and has some adventures that have nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the story. If he had dropped this part and started when she arrives back in Sweden I would have given this a higher rating. Once back in Sweden the story takes off and has many twists to keep you turning the pages. The book has very good pacing once back and kept me guessing as to what actually had occured and who had done what to whom. Although this is a still a dark tale of the soul, unlike the first book there is not as much explicit description of sexual deviation as in the first book. The author creates characters that seem real. They may not like each other for some vague reasons or even no reason at all, just like life. On a lighter note , at least in the early oughts in Sweden, it seemed to me as though they must have consumed huge amounts of coffee. It was as though throughout the book everyone is either drinking coffee or making coffee or offering to make coffee .

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