A review by nikchick
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

4.0

After a slow start I got into the book and kept picking up speed and interest like a train finally coming up to speed. Set in Sweden, all the references to coffee and aquavit, the summer cabins on coast and the freezing winters made me "homesick" for Finland and even the Scandinavian sentiments and trappings of northern Minnesota. The author succeeded in eliciting strong responses from me throughout the book and made me also care for the characters. I was sorry to learn the author died in early middle age and did not get to finish his planned series. In the end, I liked this book very much.