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The Girl Who Played with Fire

By Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland (Translator)

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As good as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was, The Girl Who Played with Fire is even better. ... (read full critics)

blogcritics published on Fri, 6 Jan 2012

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Stieg Larsson

“Blomkvist saw Salander lash out with her fist. At the instant she struck her attacker she dropped to the ground and rolled beneath the car. Seconds later Salander was up on the other side of the car, ready for fight or flight. She met the enemy’s ga ... (read full critics)

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So much hype around this book. Interesting storyline, and Lisbeth a great character! But I was constantly irritated by the 'narrator' - who clearly knew what was happening (kept taking the views of different characters), but simply drip-fed all the facts 'til the end.

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Ian Hodgson said on Jan 11, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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Although a good story and easy to read, this book would have benefitted a decent edit at the publishers. There is a lot that could be removed withough affecting the story line.

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Nefercharlie said on Nov 25, 2010 | Add your feedback

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The story will keep you up all night, but the ending will leave you scratching your head

This second installment is better than the first in its ability to grip readers and never let go until the very end. And I like the way the author reveals Salander's true past - that's something I didn't expect. My only complaint is the impossibility (ok, improbability) of how things turn out at t ... (continue)

This second installment is better than the first in its ability to grip readers and never let go until the very end. And I like the way the author reveals Salander's true past - that's something I didn't expect. My only complaint is the impossibility (ok, improbability) of how things turn out at the end. It's a common flaw of most thrillers: no matter how cunning and resourceful the adversaries seem at the start, they always become incompetent or downright stupid at the end, while our heroes suddenly become invincible to all manners of attack.

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Holmes said on Aug 31, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Recommend to a friend-worthy...

This was way better than the first in the trilogy. The story was much more original and better characters were introduced, it is simply a much better book.Its strange to read a book based in Sweden as it's so unusual, I think most people including myself are used to reading thrillers based in New Yo ... (continue)

This was way better than the first in the trilogy. The story was much more original and better characters were introduced, it is simply a much better book.Its strange to read a book based in Sweden as it's so unusual, I think most people including myself are used to reading thrillers based in New York or some other American city so its really quite refreshing actually.
I love Salander and there is abit of the book where she disappears for awhile and it suffers without her. She is a brilliant character and you really root for her to come through everything and be ok. Blomkvist, we don't see as much of as in the previous book which I think is an improvement, he's an okay character but its Lisbeth we're really interested in.
Now Im extremely excited about settling down to read the final and third book. Girl who played with fire is a cracker of a read and I'd recommend it to a friend, as they say!!

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 25, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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Personally, a disappointing sequel.

As an avid fan of the first book in the Millennium Series, I expected the second installment to be just as good as it's predecessor. Unfortunately, I was very much disappointed. Starting more or less where we left off in 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo', the opening chapters had much more potential ... (continue)

As an avid fan of the first book in the Millennium Series, I expected the second installment to be just as good as it's predecessor. Unfortunately, I was very much disappointed. Starting more or less where we left off in 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo', the opening chapters had much more potential, as I recalled the initial chapter of the first book to be absolutely sleep inducing. Nevertheless, we are faced with the character of Lisbeth being hurt over Blomkvist's behaviour, as if suddenly, she was the only woman meant for him. As for Blomkvist, he seems to have added yet another woman in his collection of women he sleeps with, rendering his character from charming to plainly ridiculous as his newest bed partner is none other than Harriet, the girl who was in the center of the previous book's mystery. Despite this, the story is rather fast paced between Salander hiding from an accusation of murder and Blomkvist trying to put together the pieces of a complex puzzle, which regards all kinds of government conspiracies. However, this second book lacks the charm and the suspense of the first, and the ending is borderline unbelievable as Salander adds 'rising from the dead' to her list of talents. The initial mystery itself had potential to be quite something, but the unraveling of the strong links between Salander and the murders and the revelation of her parentage just did not leave me satisfied. If you just can't be satisfied by the ending of the first book, and are dying to know more, and if you think you can handle beast-like men with congenital analgesia thrown into the mix, then maybe you'll enjoy it much more than I did. Even though, truth be told, it was hard not to put the book down once I started. In all, addictive, but just not the same.

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F Sally said on Feb 15, 2012 | Add your feedback

Not as good as expected

Mew... i was expecting much more from this second book of the Millennium saga. Honestly, i found it a bit boring until the last 100-150 pages, where the full history began to unfold. An unnecessary first part, a slow police investigation... it really took a long time to Larsson to expose Salander's ... (continue)

Mew... i was expecting much more from this second book of the Millennium saga. Honestly, i found it a bit boring until the last 100-150 pages, where the full history began to unfold. An unnecessary first part, a slow police investigation... it really took a long time to Larsson to expose Salander's background, now the main character of this book.
But this is an unfinished history (or at least it looked like): Millennium #3 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - is the sequel of this book. Let's see how it goes from here.

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Tony Almeida said on Feb 11, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback