Just finished reading the third in the Millenium
Series. I know I am late, but
considering how often I get to read for enjoyment, I am not too late. So many of my friends still haven't picked up
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo
as yet. Thus, I am writing a review to
follow the reviews of the first two I have written about this trilogy, Tatoo,
just mentioned, and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Question, am I still as blown away as I was
with the first two? Answer, I am still
hooked. Maybe I wasn't as blown away as
I was with the first because I found the heroine to be so atypically
captivating and so unexpected. She
wasn't the normal lady gumshoe, or the super-undercover agent, she was a hacker
with a serious anti-social attitude.
Stieg's last book was still worthy of its hardcover
purchase, though I have to admit, getting through the background and the
build-up taxed me at times. Yet, I
continued to read knowing that I would get the suspense that I craved. This third in the series gave me the feeling
that there was a fourth rolling around in his head before he passed, because
there was one glaring question not answered about her sister. Not satisfactorily to me, anyway. But, if you are interested in political
intrigue, and enjoy an ensemble of good, bad, and gray characters, this bunch
of deceivers are right up your alley.
The journalist who threads all of the books together with his first
sensational story is a middle aged love them and leave them womanizer named
Mikhael Blomkvist who spends most of his time digging up dirt on the bad guys
and trying to stay alive in the process.
I recently watched the Swedish version of the The Girl with
the Dragon Tatoo, can't wait to see the American version to compare. Without a doubt, I am still a fan.
Dilsa Saunders Bailey
Dilsa Saunders Bailey
