The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)

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mass market paperback, 672 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2009 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard.

ISBN:
978-0-307-45454-6
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OCLC Number:
799622781

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5 stars (2 reviews)

Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into a complex and atmospheric novel.

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of iniquity and corruption. (back cover)

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reviewed The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Millennium, #1)

I spent 4 hours finishing the book, then I went for a run.

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The first half captured me, the second half was…insane. I picked an intense read for my first fiction book in years. When I finished, all I could do was grab my running shoes and go for a run, even though I already ran in the morning. It was a lot to process, and I needed the run to work through it.

Heavy, dark, insightful, scary, and beautiful. So happy I read it. And the broad theme of violence (and hatred) towards women is beautifully crafted into the story.

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