The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium Series Book 2) by Stieg Larsson (Epub)

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Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, this second book in the Millennium series is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.

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⭐ I tried reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (paperback version) years ago when it was just gaining popularity, but I stopped after a couple of chapters. I am embarrassed to say that I had trouble keeping track of who’s who. I think it may have had something to do with my unfamiliarity with Swedish names. However, I was pleasantly surprised years later when I started reading the Girl Who Played with Fire in the Kindle version. In the Kindle version I was able to highlight a person’s name whenever I wanted to confirm who they were, and a note would pop up a tell me who they were in relation to the other characters and the plot. This made my reading experience so much better and I was able to immerse myself in the story and characters much better. I highly recommend this whole series, but especially in the Kindle version for the non-Scandinavian readers.

⭐ This was a good read it’s a trilogy the first and third books are a lot more fast paced and thrilling the second book dragged a little in the middle for me. The main ie girl (Salander) is by far the best character you will definitely develop feeling for her in this trilogy. If you read book one then it’s worth reading all 3 and it’s very sad the author is no longer with us he would be happy to know there are so many people wishing for a 4th book ( I hear there might be a 4th script ready) . They are very enjoyable and full of edge of your seat fear very fast paced and nail biting the will make up want to jump in the book and save her to me that’s a great read it I want to be part of it . I did not see the movie or read the Swedish books which I hear are absolutely brilliant. Sex trafficking is a very real problem all across the globe .

⭐ I read the girl with the dragon tattoo first and it was so freaking good. Now I’m reading this book and it is living up to the same level of amazing so far! More updates to come!Halfway: ok. I’m so bored with the plot now. I forgot what happened in the beginning already. It’s a little lack luster. Lots of lesbian sex (yuck) and bad/racey relationships dominating the book. Lots of swearing and the whole feeling just feels dirty compared to the first book. I’m done with it. Sending it back.

⭐ Steig Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy is one of the most documented, most reviewed, and most successful sellers on Amazon. This review is not of the books per se, that would be about as redundant as possible. This short review (if found like a needle in a haystack by someone looking for this specific topic) is a product review of the Random House Large Print editions in soft cover, which I purchased from Amazon as they came out in 2009-10.Volumes as large as this, purchased as mass-market paperbacks can be as cumbersome to read as eye strain can get. If you are not a Kindle reader, take great comfort in physically holding a nice big book, and love that new book smell, this is the way to go. The soft cover binding is both strong and pliable, easy to hold on your lap, in both your hands, or set up on your chest in bed. The large print is a very comfortable contrast typeface that is perfect whether or not you wear glasses. The paper quality is superb, and all in all, Random House has spared no expense at producing a high-quality product for boomers who like to read “real books” and want to rest the eyes when devouring a massive epic like this one. At $20-25 per book, you might be thinking why not just buy the hard-back edition. Good question! At the time it was even higher priced than this one and I was under wallet restrictions. I do have to say, however, these large editions are handsome on the shelf, feel nice and comfortable in handling, and offer the perfect mixture of easy on the eyes and perfect manual dexterity friendliness. You can’t go wrong with a publisher like Random House, their bindings are solid, paper quality the highest, and their print is superior to many others.

⭐ I only gave this four stars as I think that the first 20% of the book can be skipped.SPOILER ALERT. Basically she travels around the world and has some adventures that have nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the story. If he had dropped this part and started when she arrives back in Sweden I would have given this a higher rating. Once back in Sweden the story takes off and has many twists to keep you turning the pages. The book has very good pacing once back and kept me guessing as to what actually had occured and who had done what to whom. Although this is a still a dark tale of the soul, unlike the first book there is not as much explicit description of sexual deviation as in the first book. The author creates characters that seem real. They may not like each other for some vague reasons or even no reason at all, just like life. On a lighter note , at least in the early oughts in Sweden, it seemed to me as though they must have consumed huge amounts of coffee. It was as though throughout the book everyone is either drinking coffee or making coffee or offering to make coffee .

⭐ Still not finished with it yet. This is a sequel to his first book (which I >THOUGHT< had a terrible ending.) This book resolves/fixes book 1's terrible ending. Wish I had known at that time that there was going to be a sequel. This guy is an ....,"interesting" author. I read a lot and his style and ?quirks? take a little getting used to. He is an author that, for me, i can only chew on 50 pages at a time, but am happy to get back to. ⭐ I was disappointed when this book came to an end, since I know it was the last book in the series authored by Stieg Larsson. I enjoyed book one, liked book two more than one and loved book three. As in his previous books, Larsson interweaves various storylines to create an intricate plot and he provides closure at the end of the book. One of the aspects I liked most about the book was the character development--specifically of Blomkvist and Salander. I recommend the series to anyone interested in an engaging story with engaging storylines and excellent character development. ⭐ I confess I am late to the dance--Lisbeth Salander's dance. She has become my favorite female character and the books about her are fabulous. After some slow going at first, the names confused me, I was hooked. The plot is intricate but captivating. Although a stand alone book, it helps to read the Millennium series in order. If you like great characters, twisting plots, and a fascinating heroine, the Millennium series is as must. ⭐ I normally do not expect a sequel to be better than the 1st book, but this one is an exception. I very much liked the first, "The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo", but this goes way beyond that book.The book is not for a sensitive soul or an idealistic one. It is raw and brutal and touches on aspects of life that perhaps we would rather not know about. Somehow the author puts humanistic and idealism and heroism in that pool of muck and creates an ever twisting, riveting conflict.The heroine is not saint. I loved her because she isn't a saint. She is not the sterotype smart blond with an improbable body (that we see so often on TV); she is a a waif. A waif with a piercing intelligence that will get her mission does. She is violent and extremely anti-social and a true misfit for good reason too. In this sequel the reason that the heroine, Salander, acts like that is exposed. We finally understand the roots of her behavior.The actions and reactions of the people around her are written masterfully and convincingly. The threads of substories are interesting in themselves and you quickly realize that those stories are there for a reason and sooner or later all those threads will be woven together with surprises.The sections on the outlandish connections the press made without proper documentation made me want to scream. However, I realize that this sort of exaggeration goes on everyday. Thus we are forced to look at the creation of sensationalism in the press and see what it is - it sells newpapers and ruins people's lifes. It judges without a jury. It labels and implies and misstates almost without restrain. It is out price for a free press but also the curse of it. If you read this book just to focus on this material you will have an eye opener.I found myself reading this book much faster than the first. When I finished I just had to go out and buy the third and last book. I did not wait to order it from Amazon, but found it at a bookstore. This is something I rarely do, but the series is that good.If you liked "The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo" you must read this and then buy the third one too. ⭐ After having enjoyed the first book in the series so much, I looked forward to reading this second one and I wasn't disappointed. The story was gripping, fast-paced, and even more engaging than the first. While the style and many of the characters are the same as "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo", this is by no means a repeat. Blomkvist felt more like the lead in "...Tattoo", but here the focus is clearly on Salander. Much of the book is from her point of view and a lot of the story revolves around her past. Those who have read the first book will know what an interesting character she is and it was even better to find out more of her past - her family, the incidents that led officials to label her crazy, and more.Like the first book, this one is part mystery, part thriller. Here there are 3 murders committed and the police quickly identify Salander as the prime suspect. After the fallout from their parting, Blomkvist and Salander aren't exactly on speaking terms, but he still does his best to prove her innocence. Three very different investigations are under way, with the police, Milton Security, and the team at "Millennium" each trying to determine what happened but each with their own take on it. Salander meanwhile has her own questions and does everything as much on her own as possible. The case involves an expose on the sex trafficking business as well as government secrets.The story quickly roped me in and I wanted to read more and more as I went on. My one complaint is with the ending. While the first book had a satisfying ending where a sequel could be done but the book still felt like a whole, this one finishes with too many loose ends. It's clear that the next book needs to more or less pick up where this one left off, whereas there was some elapsed time between the first and second. There aren't too many unanswered questions, but there are things left unresolved.

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