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Girl Who Played With Fire

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Lisbeth Salander is one of the most original and intriguing characters to appear in modern literature for a very long time. When was the last time you came across a featherweight female boxer with more than a touch of Asperger's syndrome; with strong kung-fu when it comes to computer hacking skills and an unstoppable fighting spirit when it comes to physical blows; with a photographic memory and an uncanny ability to grasp mathematics; a master of social engineering and a ghost of disguises; a formidable chess player and an enemy few people could afford to make?
It is Pipi Longstockings with breast implants, real guns and a killer PowerBook!

Whereas the first installment of the MILLENNIUM Trilogy was more on publisher Mikael Blomkvist and his quest to solve a decades old locked-room/island mystery, this second book gives us a ample view on Lisbeth's history as she straggles to clear her name of a triple murder. She had both motive and opportunity and all physical evidence points to her. Was she desperate enough to actually have done it? What could possibly push her over the edge?

Women trafficking, rogue agents of the Soviet GRU and the Swedish Sapo trying to keep their crimes in the shadows, biker gangs and obscure members of Lisbeth's family all interweave in a very absorbing story that kept me turning pages into the morning hours.
And amongst the fog of all this war, Lisbeth comes up with Fermat's alleged elegant solution to his Last Theorem on her own (no, unfortunately the solution is not described in detail).

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

After being disappointed in the first book, I was pleasantly surprised at how engrossing the second book in the series was. I had a hard time putting this one down. If you were able to plod through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, then do yourself a favor and start reading this one as well. You won't be disappointed.

Creates a whole new wave of problems and other areas not even thought of in the first. overall a great read and very difficult to put down!

Just finished the first book.
Very good.
Just started the 2nd book.
Can hardly wait till I'm on the 3rd book.

I found that the book started off rather slow. I was almost going to put it down, then the story line started to pick up to the point where I could not put it down. The characters seem very real, the plot line is excellent and will grab your attention. The girl seems to have problems that are related to her learning difficulties. But she is a genius and understands far more than every gives her credit for. She is a world class hacker. The journalist is trying to point out to everyone that a particular individual is a crook on a world class level. He is almost defeated but then the girl assist him to gather the proof required to bring the crook down. A great read, I very strongly recommend this book.

This book was so good, I couldn't put it down. Awesome read!! I would recommend this trilogy to anyone that enjoys a good story that keeps you guessing. Loved it!!

So happy with the condition and speed of delivery! Very easy to work with and quick with responses would buy from again!

I was expecting to be blown away when I dug into The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but sadly, I came away disappointed instead. Despite the fact that the first book was a total let-down (in my opinion), I decided to continue onwards with the second book. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the pace of this book picked up substantially from where the first one left off. The last half of The Girl Who Played With Fire was a knock-out (literally)!

If you're still stuck on the first book and wondering if you should continue onwards, suck it up and finish it. Most likely, you'll enjoy the second novel a lot more. There is a lot more action, intrigue, and character development in The Girl Who Played With Fire, not to mention a killer revelation 3/4 of the way through ;)