I’m a day late and a dollar short! So I realize The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been an international sensation for quite some time. It’s not that I didn’t want to read it; I just didn’t have it for the longest time. So I’ve just finished this book and I’m yearning to read the rest of the books in rapid succession – but I don’t have them either!
What an absolute shame that Mr. Larsson had to die after delivering only three of the books that he had mapped out in his mind. I guess we’re lucky we got all of these three. I loved this book for the fact that it twisted, turned, and meandered all over the place without boring me. That’s hard to do. And frankly, if it doesn’t meander a bit, then the reader just gets consumed with the who-dun-it nature of a thriller. I don’t really enjoy figuring out the surprises too much before the author wants me to get it.
So I’ll give The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo a very respectable 4 stars.
This is my first book review, so we can set up whatever grading system we like, right? How about books on a scale of 1-5, like this…
- 1 – hated it – not even worth the dead trees
- 2 – got through it, but wouldn’t keep it in my library
- 3 – really enjoyed it, was entertained, and would read more by this author
- 4 – loved this book, need to keep it on the bookshelves and recommend to a friend
- 5 – this blew my socks off and rocked my world
