Reviews

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

mini_margaritta's review against another edition

4.0

Warning if you don't like language or vulgarity in books this isn't for you. If you don't mind that and love a good mystery with twists and turns it is for you. It did start a little slower than I would have liked but the story did progress through the book. I liked that parts were "guessable" and yet still plenty of surprises as well.

t_horowitz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

ronizzle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

smokvica's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

swordlesbian's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

Honestly, I think my opinion is a bit of an outlier. I think I might just not particularly enjoy crime, and I
- think that while the story and mystery are well put together, the writing style itself isn't that good. I don't need that many details on what time it is, what people are wearing, or what they're eating
- was annoyed at

Salander and Blomkvist being a thing

- guessed

Harriet was still alive

- thought some things aged really badly - the judgement of Salander's style and the describing her as anorexic in particular
-

the hacking thing?

very Deus ex Machina
- I was really bored for the last two or three chapters - when the main mystery is over
- how can this book be so vaguely sexist (product of its time and written by a man) and also depict sexual violence in all the horror it deserves?
Despite all this I did enjoy the book, I'm glad I read it and I was really curious to see the developments. I was just a little underwhelmed by it in the end

liiveincncert's review against another edition

2.0

it took almost 100 pages to get to the main point and overall this book did not need to be almost 600 pages. a lot of stuff was drawn out and did not incorporate enough mystery into it and the reveal was not as big as i thought it would be

loro_30's review against another edition

1.0

I'm sorry, pero Larsson no es tan buen escritor como para hacerme ignorar el emplazamiento de producto de Apple del que hace gala su libro, o las frases en inglés que sueltan de vez en cuando, sin venir a cuento, todos los personajes, o el hecho de que su protagonista tenga carisma cero. No puedo estar más en desacuerdo con el resto de lectores. "Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres" se me hizo interminable, aburrido, repetitivo, nada adictivo, nada original.

El personaje de Lisbeth me dejó indiferente y el de Mikael está tan mal construido que comprender el atractivo que desprende ante los demás se convierte en un acto de fe. No es que le sobren páginas, es que el libro es sí mismo es un despropósito. Larsson ni siquiera logró sensibilizarme con respecto a la violencia hacia las mujeres.

No puedo evitar compararle con su paisano John Ajvide Lindqvist, que en "Déjame entrar" logra sin despeinarse mostrar todo lo que Larsson quiere y no puede: la violencia de puertas para adentro en una sociedad enferma.

katpavlikova's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

sarahfrance0_0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5 stars. This is a tough one to rate. The start is very slow and confusing to me personally, and I had very little interest in the magazine aspect of this book and the majority of the characters. However, about half way through I started to get really gripped on the mystery solving side of the story and Lisbeth’s clever character. 

cutcamera's review against another edition

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? Yes

2.0