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The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with FireAuthor: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars reviews
Sales Rank: 5

Media: Paperback
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.9 x 1.5

ISBN: 1906694184
EAN: 9781906694180
ASIN: 1906694184

Publication Date: July 9, 2009
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Stieg Larsson gleaned a remarkable degree of success before his too-early death in 2004. He had delivered to his publisher three remarkable crime novels; the initial book in his ‘Millennium’ sequence, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, had enjoyed an unprecedented success in his native Sweden before the translation took the UK by storm. Larsson had made a considerable mark as a crusading journalist, with a speciality in tackling political extremist groups. But he offered assistance to many people and groups who he felt were vulnerable – something of a modern hero, in fact.

One of Larsson's key achievements as a writer was to create an innovative kind of heroine for the crime novel. His unconventional sleuth, the highly intelligent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, is a confrontational young woman, whose Goth accoutrements sometimes alienate those around her (except the individuals she opts to have sexual relations with – strictly, that is, according to the rules she lays down). In the second book in the Millennium sequence, The Girl Who Played with Fire (as in its its predecessor), Lisbeth's closest ally is the older journalist Mikael Blomqvist, even though she has abruptly ended her emotional relationship with him. Lisbeth has left all she knows behinds her and has begun a relationship with a gauche young lover. But after a grim revenge run-in with a man who has abused her, she becomes a suspect in three murders, and is the subject of a nationwide search. Blomqvist, however, is convinced of her innocence (he has just been responsible for a blistering report on the sex trafficking industry in Sweden), and is determined to help her – whether she wants his help or not.

As with Larsson’s earlier book, this is highly compelling fare, with tautly orchestrated suspense; it's often grisly and uncompromising (not a problem for many readers), and the massive text may be longer than is good for it, but Larsson admirers won't begrudge the late author a word,and will be impatient for the third (and, regrettably, concluding) book in the sequence. --Barry Forshaw


Customer Reviews:



5 out of 5 stars great   March 9, 2010
malcolmg1-gen
very good book, but you need to read the book which precedes it first. That is the girl with the dragon tattoo. Well written and maintained my interest.


5 out of 5 stars the girl who played with fire   March 8, 2010
William P. Knill
This was a first class read, continuing the same quality as in his previous book.
The "heroine", if that could be an appropriate term is a complex person who I could identify with, although being a real person I doubt that I would be able to aspire to her unconventional methods; I would probably be too afraid of the consequences.
A truly remarkable genre of a subject which held me captive until the very end. Not for the fainthearted.
I eagerly anticipate the final volume.



4 out of 5 stars Anoither compelling read   March 8, 2010
Michael Bromfield (Sherborne, Dorset, UK.)
Lots of difficult names - places and people - to keep track of and a complex plot but a compelling holiday read for sure. As there is only one more to go encourages me to start doing some research on additional Scandinavian crime writing as it is an impressive genre based on Larssens work - and Yes Lisbeth Salander is a great off the wall character. I look forward to watching the film adaptations which I have already been advised by a Swedish contact will not be disapointing.


5 out of 5 stars Loved it! 2   March 6, 2010
Busy mum
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

If I have to chose, I prefer the first one. This one seemed to be more locked into a closed world, whereas the other two are more "out there". But I still loved it!


4 out of 5 stars Weird, and very different to the first book   March 3, 2010
Jimternet (West Midlands, UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is weird. Like its predecessor there is a mystery that the journalist is setting out to solve, but this time Salander has become the suspect rather than the investigator, and the reader is stuck in an awkward position of not knowing the truth. Unlike a traditional mystery, the actual clues are nowhere to be seen, and the actual conclusions rely on insider knowledge that is unavailable to the reader - rendering it lacking in a sense of interactivity.

The beginning is again a slow starter, taking quite a while to get into the actual meat of the plot. The way that the first book ended forces certain events at the start which seem unrealistic, although prove to be vital to a couple of later story points. The beginning also follows the first volumes habit of product placement, which while adding a Swedish focus still distracts from the narrative. Fortunately the author seems to get bored of this style fairly quickly and the brand names become slightly thinner on the ground. Another strange aspect of Larsson's style is an over-reliance on long lists.

The main focus of the novel, once we finally get to it, is actually Salander's backstory. Despite this, the narrative is aligned with many more points of view than in the first novel, including both friend and foe, which makes for a richer understanding of what's going on, particularly where a strange sense of suspense requires one character to disappear from the reader for significant portion of the book. There are some elements though which make you wonder 'why was this not mentioned before?'

Is it a good book. Yes, I enjoyed it, but I don't think it's as good as the original. It's quite a different concept plot-wise, being much more a character piece than a mystery, but still worth a read. The ending of this one is at polar opposites to the first, which made an effort to tidy up the lose ends and let you know how the characters got on. This one is abrupt and almost disappointing, and clearly leaves things hanging for book three.




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