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abeier's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
femtasia's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
rhia_reads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.25
lucyvf's review against another edition
4.0
Great characters, good pace except the last part dragged a bit. Keen to read the next one!
talina's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Kind of going through it right now in my personal life so I spent a lot of this book thinking moving to a cottage on a tiny island in rural Sweden and adopting the local cat sounded pretty good
lachi117's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
kjwidran's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
smiles93's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
claudgazing's review against another edition
2.5
well. i read that, i guess. i had high hopes for this but i was incredibly bored for most of it. the story's a slow burn that seemed to emphasize the "slow" part for its majority; once we get to the long awaited climax — which i genuinely enjoyed as i really didn't see the twist coming — it isn't given the focus i would've expected, seemingly lying in other aspects of the book i didn't care for. that's most of my gripe with this book tbh, i just didn't care for a lot of it, blomkvist's entire character included. i thought salander was really cool and i wanted to see more of her pov, but even by the end of the book i was kind of over her, and her sexual & romantic involvement with blomkvist irked me from the moment it began. i understand what the central theme of the book is, but it's drenched in a male perspective i can't get past, especially in regards to salander's rape and consequential revenge . i hate to judge things as superficially as "you can tell a man wrote this" but my god, you really can tell a man wrote this. really disliked the constant descriptions of lisbeth, too.
this was really not for me, idk. i was holding out hope it'd feel gripping at some point but after 20 chapters of vague interest in the story i just couldn't wait to be done.
this was really not for me, idk. i was holding out hope it'd feel gripping at some point but after 20 chapters of vague interest in the story i just couldn't wait to be done.