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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium Trilogy) (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Girl Who Played with FireThe second instalment in the Millennium Trilogy sees Lisbeth Salander wanted for murder while Blomkvist tries desperately to clear her name.
Full description- Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
- Published: 09 July 2009
- Format: Paperback 608 pages
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- Categories: Crime | Fiction In Translation
- ISBN 13: 9781906694180 ISBN 10: 1906694184
- Sales rank: 22
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Reviews for The Girl Who Played with Fire
Interesting
The book left me totally disillusioned as to how well Sweden is organized and how justly. I've always pictured Sweden as a very civilized country, with a fair and strong welfare system. After this book, I think something is rotten in the kingdom of ...Sweden.
I would have liked more of Salander in the book. The end is also not an ending at all. I actually had to check that my book wasn't missing pages. by eleniaggelikiâ??A philosopher would have had a better chance of solving this riddle.â??
Mikael Bloomkvist, Millenium publisher, has been approached by a journalist with a well-researched investigation into sex trafficking. Bloomkvist cannot resist becoming involved: he has built a reputation through exposing corrupt Swedish establishment figures.
Bloomkvist's attempts to contact Lisbeth Salander (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) have largely been unsuccessful: she is avoiding him in person while closely monitoring his activities via his computer. Salander's own past draws her inexorably into the sex trafficking investigation.
And then there are three murders. Evidence indicates that Salander was involved, but she disappears. Bloomkvist believes that she is innocent and tries to find her, and to work out who the killer really is. It's a race against time as Salander is not only being sought by Bloomkvist and the police.
Two stories unfold simultaneously in this novel. First, there is the investigation into the murders which encompasses the sex trafficking investigation. Secondly, there is Lisbeth Salander's traumatic past. The action moves between different sets of characters: the police investigation; an investigation by the private security investigator who once employed Salander; by Bloomkvist and also Salander's own activities.
In the world inhabited by Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Bloomkvist, coincidence certainly seems to play a large part, yet this didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story. Sure, some of the action seemed over the top and some of the characters - especially the bad guys - are stereotypes. But the central characters of Mikael Bloomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are flawed and enigmatic, and that is enough for me. This is the second book in the Millennium Trilogy, and I would strongly recommend reading them in order.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith by Jennifer Cameron-SmithIt Will Keep you ON the Edge!
The sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo did not disappoint and is just as good as the first one even better. A review long overdue but I was just too excited to start the next and last of the millennium series.
Cutting all ties and contact from Blomkvist with him not knowing the reason, while she travels around the world Mikael still faithfully visits Lisbeth's last know address regularly but fruitlessly. Blomkvist became a celebrity after his explosive events and expose' of Wennestrom affair, was approached by a promising journalist to be a publisher of a well researched book that deals with the awful truth trade of teenage girl trafficking Sweden. Another perfect slam of investigative journalism effort but things take a dramatic turn.
We get new villains and we are revisited by some of the old ones. A much more personal one to Blomkvist since Lisbeth is accused to have murdered 2 people and 1 lawyer. Each chapter brings new twist and turn, will make you keep guessing "who is What?" and "what's next?". Found this one more fast paced that the first one, the author left it just at a point when you NEED to read more but it isn't a drastic cliff hanger but I am now eagerly and very impatiently waiting how will it end. I'm right in the middle of the third one, amazing! by R.D-Diaz- Top review
Excellent second novel
This novel is the follow-on to 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo', and should ideally be read after finishing 'The Girl' (I rushed straight out to buy this book, and the third novel in the trilogy). It focuses on the same main characters but a different story-line. It's interesting and very thorough in it's exploration of Swedish politics and policing - it will appeal to anyone globally however, not just those interested in Sweden.
The story moves at a fast pace, albeit over a relatively short period of time, the characters develop further and although the main male character, Mikael Blomkvist, can be a little irritating (every woman seems to fall madly in love with him) the story told from his view-point is a good one.
I would recommend this book for anyone interested in crime and conspiracies, do read 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' first though, if possible. by Patricia O'Connor
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