Selected Product: | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Hardcover Edition: First Edition Author: Stieg Larsson Publisher: MACLEHOSE PRESS Release Date: October 2009 ISBN-10: 1906694168 ISBN-13: 9781906694166 List Price: £18.99 Average Customer Rating: | | |
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The only thing I found bothersome was Lisbeth's apparent superpowers - a girl who has had little schooling, but who is a mathematical whiz, schooled in sophisticated finance, able to comprehend complex genetics texts and is almost infinitely resourceful? I guess I haven't met too many like that, so I find it somewhat incredible, but her abilities, both physical and mental, border on the superhuman, especially at the end of Book II, where even resurrection is apparently within her grasp. Now it does make for a good story, and we're all rooting for Lisbeth to come out on top, but it stops being believeable, and for me that is a big drawback. It reduces a most interesting creation to the cartoon level of Jack Bauer (who, you might remember, is actually literally tortured to death in one series, but when revived, manages to kill the baddie and escape!)
However, in spite of that, I found the books a very entertaining and enjoyable read.
A fitting end A fine ending to the Milenium trillogy. If you liked the first two books you will enjoy this. I can't believe it's over.............. Just finished the last of the triology and I'm bereft. Has anyone had a good look round his home just to make sure he hasn't left any manuscripts. The book over 700 pages long took me only 3 days to read (this included sneaky reading at work as well) I just couldn't put it down. Ok I agree with some reviewers that there was holes in the plot but this didn't take away from this fast paced fantastic story. Have seen the first film as well now that followed really closely to the first book and extremely entertaining. Don't hesitate buy the book Best out of the three After reading the series, I feel this is the best out of the three. The 1st gives more feeling of a mystery. Personally, I feel the 2nd plain and a little bit slow. Whereas the third one got the tension and hooked me up from the very beginning. With all the background of the first two, it completes a great story.
One thing I found difficult was to remember all the characters' names. I ended up making an A4-paper-length list of all the names and notes. However, I do enjoy the story with its rich characters.
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