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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

54 reviews

bearlyliterate's review

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dark tense slow-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

2.25


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boogiebeez's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

this shit insane

  • I never read mystery but this was actually very good!
  •  definetly was a good book to make into a movie cause the dialogue in the book feels like a movie script.
  • I 🖤 lisbeth salander
  • i feel like I'm probably not gonna read the other books in the series but you never know 

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nxdiac's review

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was very different to what I expected. It’s a murder mystery that offers twists and turns when you least expect them. 

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ladyzbyrd's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

HO. LY. SHITAKE.

While I definitely did make a number of correct guesses in the first half of the book for the ending, there was still one puzzle I didn’t figure out, and I quite enjoyed the entertainment that was acted upon in solving that last mess. This was a thrilling ride of torment and love (not together).

Note: know your personal triggers and what you can handle. Sexual abuse and violent crimes against women is a theme that pops up several times and is graphically described. 

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agusbelegni's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

Entiendo que el libro para su época debe haber sido muy innovador, pero me costó mucho apreciar aspectos positivos en el mismo al momento de leerlo. A mi modo de ver, es excesivamente largo y sin motivos (todo el libro podría haberse desarrollado en 200 páginas). Relata constantemente detalles de la vida del protagonista que no aportan a la historia y lo importante ocurre de golpe en un margen de 150 páginas. Si bien me sorprendió la magnitud del caso que descubrieron, tampoco tuvo un giro de trama que me vuele la cabeza.
Tuve problemas con los personajes. Siento que las mujeres solo eran relevantes para la historia en tanto servían como intereses amorosos o sexuales para el protagonista (si bien para la época deben haber sido representaciones innovadoras de mujeres poderosas y diferentes). Ellas podrían haber tenido mucho más desarrollo como personajes individuales (separadas del principal), por lo que creo que su potencial fue desaprovechado.
Lo que si destaco es la crítica que realiza el libro ante los asesinatos sistemáticos y la crueldad experimentada por las mujeres en distintas partes del mundo. El libro es muy fuerte al representar la violencia de estas situaciones.

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rimbluebooks's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative mysterious tense
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0


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sammygordon13's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.75


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creepy_little_thing's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense
  • 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? It's complicated

4.0


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gommette's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

J'ai beaucoup apprécié le livre parce qu'il se déroule au sein d'une grande famille, donc il y a beaucoup de personnages mais on s'y perd pas. Pour un livre écrit début 2000 et par un homme, je le trouve assez engagé. Ça se lit très bien, les éléments sont apportés tranquillement au fur et à mesure mêm  si le début met un peu de temps à se mettre en place. La page de fin est absolument mais absolument nulle.

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erinwolf1997's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5


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