Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | The Girl who played with Fire |
| author | Stieg Larsson |
| ISBN-10 | 0-307-47615-4 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-307-47615-9 |
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| date | 2011-May-01 |
This book is a continuation of the first one, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Not only are there the same characters, but also the story continues, even though there is a break of about one year in between. There are quite a number of back references to the first book, but also some brief explanations what happened. So, while it might be possible to make head and tail of this book without having read the first one, knowing the previous story surely does help.
After her coup with the Wennerström's accounts, Lisbeth Salander has the funds to go travelling abroad. She spends about one year out of the country. Then, shortly after she gets back, the world turns against her. Completely. But Salander has an enormous fighting spirit and she is incredibly sharp. In the whole mess Salander's past finally surfaces. She has always kept to herself, refused to talk to authorities or psychiatrists. And finally some people do find out what 'All The Evil' was, that triggered this sort of behaviour. And even Salander herself finds out a thing or two about her past she was not aware of...
Some of the material in the book does not have anything to do with the main story and in hindsight seems to be completely superfluous. But possibly Larsson is going to pick up on it in the final book, just as lots of things from the first book very much influence what is happening in this one.
Even though this book is an absolute bestseller, personally I would rate it as good, but certainly not top.
