A review by kittyg
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Leonardo Manco, Denise Mina, Andrea Mutti
3.0
I'm giving this one a 3.5*s overall as I have already read the book before and I was gifted this a while back. The artwork fits with the style of the book, it's dark, gritty and filled with blood and shadows. I think it was certainly the style it needed to be for this kind of book, but saying that it's also not my personal favourite style of artwork. Lisbeth was a fantastic character and the way she was drawn I thought was truly spot on, some of the other characters weren't quite as good, but it was easy enough to tell them apart.
The story stuck pretty close to what the original book goes through (just abbreviated) and I actually found that I had forgotten a lot of the story so this was an excellent refresher for me. I loved being able to quickly read the storyline and to see the action on the page before me too as it was pretty intense at times and it did get my heart-beat going at the climax.
In terms of the content this is for sure an adult book and graphic novel and it's got a lot of blood, sex, rape and more. There is torture and there is sever ptsd from past horrible situations, it's not a particularly 'fun' read. That said I think if you don't mind all that it's an exhilarating story and has a lot going on which is exciting (although I'd recommend the book over the graphic novel for first time readers).
What I liked most about this adaptation was that, being adapted by a female, it dealt with the trauma of Lisbeth and the other women in Sweden really well and we got to see her pov in the right way which was great. 3.5*s overall.
The story stuck pretty close to what the original book goes through (just abbreviated) and I actually found that I had forgotten a lot of the story so this was an excellent refresher for me. I loved being able to quickly read the storyline and to see the action on the page before me too as it was pretty intense at times and it did get my heart-beat going at the climax.
In terms of the content this is for sure an adult book and graphic novel and it's got a lot of blood, sex, rape and more. There is torture and there is sever ptsd from past horrible situations, it's not a particularly 'fun' read. That said I think if you don't mind all that it's an exhilarating story and has a lot going on which is exciting (although I'd recommend the book over the graphic novel for first time readers).
What I liked most about this adaptation was that, being adapted by a female, it dealt with the trauma of Lisbeth and the other women in Sweden really well and we got to see her pov in the right way which was great. 3.5*s overall.