The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Read for: Global Reading Challenge 2010 – Europe
The second book in Larsson’s trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire, was just as intense as the first one (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). The book took a little bit longer getting started but once it did it just never stopped! This time Blomkvist is planning a huge story on the sex trade. Just before it’s published, the reporter who wrote the story is murdered. Lisbeth Salander’s fingerprints are on the murder weapon and she immediately becomes the number one suspect. Blomkvist believes that she is innocent of these murders and sets out to prove it.
I can’t say I liked this one as much as the first one but I still couldn’t put it down. I love the way Larsson writes. He just tells it like it is, there is no flowerly descriptions or any extra words. It seems almost methodical and it’s perfect for this genre. A couple of things that bothered me this time – there were so many characters, I sometimes had a hard time keeping track of everybody, which didn’t end up being a problem because Larsson makes sure you know enough about the important characters to follow the plot. Also, there was something about the wrap up of the plot at the end that was just a little too unreal for me. I had a hard time believing all of it.
But it was still a really enjoyable read and I can’t wait for the next one to come out!
February 18th, 2010 at 7:00 am
I can’t wait to read this book. I loved the first one!