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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

42 reviews

abbileigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

maidinnah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Intricately-crafted crime thriller that explores misogyny and systemic moral bankruptcy. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s narrative is airtight, but because the book is so convoluted, it was challenging to wade through the first half. So much so, I nearly dropped it (for the second time). Once the book takes off though, it propels you to mach speeds. Grateful I didn’t abandon it after seeing the Vanger family tree diagram.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Incest, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

emnnn's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Gripping, but nothing special. Liked the female theme. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mari_lit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

aoifestardust's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

_saturnsrings_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ellensmith's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was good but unsure why everyone has to sleep together 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

bubothereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Do you ever read a book that you enjoy, but you also want it very far away from you when you finish it? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  was that book for me. It's mysterious, well-written, and intriguing. But, it's also traumatic, triggering, and brutal—probably the most trigger warnings I've ever put on a book. 

I thought Larsson wrote strong characters, created a spooky atmosphere, had great pacing, and had fine writing (though it might be better in its native Swedish). But, I can't get past how graphic this novel is. Some scenes are still scarred in my head and I wish I'd never read them. I skimmed over it where I could, but he also wove important plot points into those scenes, so they weren't entirely avoidable. 

And though there are parts of Lizbeth Salander that I like as a character, I woefully dislike that he had Blomkvist refer to her as having Asperger's Syndrome (an outdated term, but not sure if it was when this was written). Larsson wrote her VERY stereotypically for autism if this is the case. As an autistic myself, who's also been through loads of trauma, I find it disgusting to paint this violent stereotype—it's not true, even with PTSD. And even if it is true for some, using her as a character with these characteristics makes neurotypicals feel like all autistics are like this (and she's not an own-voice) or make autistics feel mislabeled and unseen.  
It's so frustrating to continue having this harmful narrative spread. It's what causes us to get held against or will, or worse. 

Finally, an incest plot. I'm sorry. I can't. If you have to stoop to incest to make your plot interesting, you've got the wrong plot. The characters were horrific enough—at that point it just felt gratuitious.

I really found the mystery intriguing. But, I can't continue with the series for the aforementioned reasons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cassiemuree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Dark and challenging but so worth it. It took me a couple tries to get into it and getting through all the Swedish places, landmarks and such was tough. But if you can stick it out through the first 1/4 it takes off and you’re along for an intense and twisting ride. I couldn’t put it down at that point and immediately read all three in the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail