Jessica
Overall I really liked this book, but not everything about it. For instance, corporate espionage does not really intrigue me as a theme, so the saga around Wennerstrom was a little tedious. Similarly, pretty much everything about the finances or internal operations of the magazine, Millennium, was not interesting. Luckily, there was more to the novel than that...
Mostly I really liked Lisbeth Salander, and her attitude to revenge. Actually, now I think of it, Salander was by far the main thing I liked about this book. I also liked Mikael, although he clearly spent too much time fussing about Millennium. (Actually, I just realised that's the name of the trilogy? Damn...)
Most of the characters in this book are quite wealthy, either capitalists or really well-off journalists, and I've gotta say that this is not my favourite segment of society to read novels about, which is probably why Salander appealed to me so much. Not only was she not a member of the upper classes, she also had an excellent contempt for cops and state authorities in general, which I appreciated. As for those rich, at least a lot of the members of the Vanger dynasty were portrayed as self-obsessed, nasty pieces of work, or even Nazis... I don't know if that's a positive though because there were SO MANY OF THEM and they got hard to tell apart.
Like I said, overall I really liked this – it's a page-turner, salacious enough to not get boring, etc.. Except for the corporate intrigue, that was boring. But aside from that!
Overall I really liked this book, but not everything about it. For instance, corporate espionage does not really intrigue me as a theme, so the saga around Wennerstrom was a little tedious. Similarly, pretty much everything about the finances or internal operations of the magazine, Millennium, was not interesting. Luckily, there was more to the novel than that...
Mostly I really liked Lisbeth Salander, and her attitude to revenge. Actually, now I think of it, Salander was by far the main thing I liked about this book. I also liked Mikael, although he clearly spent too much time fussing about Millennium. (Actually, I just realised that's the name of the trilogy? Damn...)
Most of the characters in this book are quite wealthy, either capitalists or really well-off journalists, and I've gotta say that this is not my favourite segment of society to read novels about, which is probably why Salander appealed to me so much. Not only was she not a member of the upper classes, she also had an excellent contempt for cops and state authorities in general, which I appreciated. As for those rich, at least a lot of the members of the Vanger dynasty were portrayed as self-obsessed, nasty pieces of work, or even Nazis... I don't know if that's a positive though because there were SO MANY OF THEM and they got hard to tell apart.
Like I said, overall I really liked this – it's a page-turner, salacious enough to not get boring, etc.. Except for the corporate intrigue, that was boring. But aside from that!