I have now finished all three books in the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I must say I like the first book (Girl with the dragon tattoo) best, even though the language left more to be desired.
What I liked with The Girl who played with fire was that you could read it without having read the first book. It shows great talent from an author to write a second book in a series without tying it to the first book.
However, in The girl who kicked the hornet's nest, the same talent was not used, you had to read the second book to understand the plot already from the first page. The book also felt slow, it is difficult to keep up the pace with one of the main characters in a hospital bed. It wasn't until the last pages that I realised what it was the last book lacked and it was the interaction between the characters. There was so much technical writing that the relationship between the different characters disappeared and with that my desire to care about the characters disappeared as well. It's a pity I think.
The three books in the series were good overall and they bring up a serious problem in society about men who does not only hate women but also see people in general as something you can buy and sell as any product and that is frightening.
Josefine
Title: Millennium trilogy: The girl with the dragon tattoo, The girl who played with fire, The girl who kicked the hornest's nest Author: Stieg Larsson
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