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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

83 reviews

ginny1321's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Car accident

laurenleigh's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

For the most part, I was very engaged with this book. I enjoyed the cold case mystery  element and the locked-room/whodunnit style. But then there were all these other elements to the text I didn’t love. The last two hours of this audiobook, after they wrapped up the mystery plot, felt completely unnecessary and even boring. And then there’s Lisbeth Salander. I can’t decide how I feel about Larsson’s writing here. On one hand, he seemed to want to shed light on violence and discrimination against women, especially in Sweden. And a good well-rounded character should keep me guessing. But there were some aspects of her character and her actions that rang untrue or even a bit sexist. And was all the graphic sexual violence really necessary? It felt gratuitous at times and was honestly pretty distressing. I knew this text was dark, but yikes, major content warnings abound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

doomluz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Religious bigotry

Minor: Infidelity