My sister works at Barns and Noble and finally I asked her about the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was a book that everyone seemed to be talking about but no one was staying anything. When I asked my sister all she said was that everyone who reads it likes it, there is a lot of Swedish words in it, and you have to make it though the first hundred pages before you are hooked. Then I asked her what it’s about and she finally admitted that she didn’t know.
Well everything that she said was true. A lot of Swedish and the first 100 pages are crucial but once you get through it, instant favorite. Luckily I have had the privilege to spend a significant amount of time in Sweden and so I was fairly familiar with pronunciations and locations but at times it was still difficult for me.
The story is about a rogue background researchers/ security/ private investigator, named Lisbeth, who meets up with a reporter who is working on a private investigation into a missing family member of a Swedish corporate mogul. The duo ends up uncovering the truth about a series of sadistic murders that happened to young women over the last sixty years. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo takes a very deep look into the personal lives of both Lisbeth and Bloomkvest and uncovers the interesting tales behind their family life, values, finances and romances.
I absolutely loved this story and I am looking forward to reading The Girl who Played with Fire.
Must read.
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