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shannon_aI'm usually a contrarian. If something is getting particular focus in the public eye, that lowers its interest to me, rather than the contrary, because I see it as a Modern-Art-like mooing-herd mentality, rather than actual recognition that something is good. However Kimberly listened to the audio book of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo--which was the second best-selling book internationally a few years ago, and has been gaining attention again recently due to the movie--and she said it was good, and I was willing to listen to that.
She was right.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is something that's pretty rare in the American market: a mystery with some heft to it. It's also beautifully plotted and entirely fair. Some things clicked into place very early for me, and others became suddenly obvious only though Larsson's prose.
Though the mystery was great, the characters in the book are even better. I entirely adore both of the protagonists, finding them interesting, compelling, and real people.
I'm quite sad that Larsson died before any of his books were published, not because there are only three-and-three-quarters books total (and that most of a fourth book tied up amidst legal wrangling), but because he didn't get to see how successful they've been--success that is entirely well earned IMO.
I'll definitely be reading the other two books, though not immediately. Given the heft of the books, one would probably make good airplane fare next year when I go to Hawaii--though given how much demand the books are in, I may not be able to time that such; I had to wait a month or so to get this one from they library.
She was right.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is something that's pretty rare in the American market: a mystery with some heft to it. It's also beautifully plotted and entirely fair. Some things clicked into place very early for me, and others became suddenly obvious only though Larsson's prose.
Though the mystery was great, the characters in the book are even better. I entirely adore both of the protagonists, finding them interesting, compelling, and real people.
I'm quite sad that Larsson died before any of his books were published, not because there are only three-and-three-quarters books total (and that most of a fourth book tied up amidst legal wrangling), but because he didn't get to see how successful they've been--success that is entirely well earned IMO.
I'll definitely be reading the other two books, though not immediately. Given the heft of the books, one would probably make good airplane fare next year when I go to Hawaii--though given how much demand the books are in, I may not be able to time that such; I had to wait a month or so to get this one from they library.