Recently I read two of Stieg Larsson’s books.
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
The first in the series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starts off slowly with the introduction of characters, but if you can last through the rough Swedish name translations to get a good understanding of what is happening – it is completely worth the read. The book builds continuously and keeps the reader’s mind alert and ready for then next thing coming. You become engrossed with the characters and what they are going to do next. In this first title of the series, the reader dives into the character Michael Blomkivist. The character of Lisbeth Salander is also being explored, but the reader still does not see the mystery behind her. It definitely becomes a book that you do not want to put down and want to stay up all night reading. The way this book ends if I did not know this was part of a series - I would have accepted the end of that book as a sufficient ending.
The second book in the series, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, keeps up with where the first book left off. This book picked up right where the last one left off, but it took a little while for the story to be pulled together again. While reading the first part – I was not quite sure where the author was taking the plot and how all the characters would fit into this book. However, Stieg pulled it off again. Lisbeth Salander is further expanded on – and the reader finds out a lot about her and the mystery behind her; well at least part of them. This book was definitely not as grasping as the first one, but it seems to be putting together aspects for a great Third title in this series.
I can not wait for that next title and will let you know what I think when it comes out.
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