There
is a lot of fascination for murder and murder investigation nowadays. There are
shows like CSI and Law & Order and other like it. There
are other books and many movies that capture the suspense behind the investigation
of homicide. The next book is perfect for those who are interested in these
topics. The next book on the list is all the way from Sweden; coming from Swedish
author Stieg Larsson. The book is The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Mikael Blomkvist is the publisher
of the Swedish political magazine Millennium and just lost a libel case
involving allegations about billionaire industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. He
is sentenced to three months in prison and fines. Henrik Vanger has
commissioned an investigation into Blomkvist's personal and professional
history, which is carried out by Lisbeth Salander, a surveillance agent with
Milton Security. (This may not make sense, but read the book and you will get
it.)
Lisbeth
is a strange girl, with tattoos and piercings and seems antisocial. She was
deemed incompetent as a child, having no family, and was taken under the car of
her legal guardian, Holger Palmgren. He dies pretty quick, from a stroke,
though. Her new guardian is horrible though, and he takes advantage of her
until she threatens him.
While
working together, Mikael and Lisbeth, she hacks into his computer and when he
finds out they decide to research another characters disappearance. They
realize that they could be on the trail of a serial killer. That’s where it
gets interesting. The book starts very slow; so slow that I almost put it down,
but when the action starts picking up, and it will, I couldn’t put it down at
all. I bet that you won’t be able to either.
This is the trailer for
the newest adaptation of the movie starring Daniel Craig as Mikael and Rooney
Mara as Lisbeth. The film has rave reviews, and it’s not hard to see why. The
movie came out in theaters yesterday.
RED’S ALL STAR REVIEW: 4 out of 5 stars. Again, it starts
slow but it picks up as it goes along and it gets really interesting fast. The
end is written well, but horrible for Lisbeth, and it leaves an opening for the
next book in the trilogy.
MASS APPEAL: It has a little bit of a higher difficulty
level then other books I’ve blogged about, but it’s also better then quite a
few. Anyone who can read this book will enjoy it.
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