I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Something quite different from the usual mystery books I read. Interesting characters and different threads going throughout the book. Have also seen the movie which I enjoyed but it is only loosely based on the book. Enjoyed the book so much more.

After hearing rave reviews from various people I was excited to get this book. It took me a while to get into it and on reflection I think that the writer's gender contributed to this. Some of descriptives were often highly techinical e.g. boating terminology, vehicle makes and models etc but once I got past those it certainly made for gripping reading with unlikely but extremely real, lead characters. The relationships and communications also seemed more masculine. I felt I had been a fly on the wall at a mens club as a story was told.

I bought this series after reading all the amazing reviews it had received. I’ll be honest in saying that I think the reviews given were very generous.
This book is SO detailed that I honestly got a headache from trying to process it in several parts. The first half of the book is almost an introduction to what crime that the book follows. It wasn’t until about chapter 11 (180 pages in) that I became remotely interested in the story line and I will admit then I found the book difficult to put down.
The story goes into detail about rape and sexual abuse of the main character (the chick with the dragon tattoo) and I could not relate with her actions. In several parts I found her contradicting herself and I though it strange?
I appears that I am alone in my negative assessment of this book, which is fine. We all have different tastes, but I want to make it clear that in the end I did enjoy the book but I found it really hard to get into.
If I had not already bought the next two books in the Millennium series, I wouldn’t bother reading them – but alas I have....so I will sit down eventually and read them but I am certainly not in a hurry to do so.

the final part in this trilogy, and its a great sadness that Larsson will not be writing any more. Mikael and Lisbeth and others continue to develop and grow, as do the frequency of suprises in the plot. There is one section of the book written from the 'baddies' perspective that is really gripping. A great read, couldn't put it down.

excellent book , difficult to put down , look forward to the sequel's