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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Creator: Reg Keeland
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Rating:  894 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Reprint
Pages: 630
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 030745455X
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307454553
ASIN: 030745455X
Publication Date: March 23, 2010
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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, July 2009: The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses any talk of a sophomore slump. Fans of Larsson's prior work will find even more to love here, and readers who do not find their hearts racing within the first five pages may want to confirm they still have a pulse. Expect healthy doses of murder, betrayal, and deceit, as well as enough espresso drinks to fuel downtown Seattle for months. --Dave Callanan
Product Description
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.
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You just have to to get to the end September 11, 2010
T. Good (Limerick, PA USA)
Second novels 99% of the time always go a bit off track and never grip you the way the first one does. This novel follows that trend and goes a little off-track, but it is a good follow on to the first. I had no trouble staying interested and I enjoyed it all the way through. When I was finished I was ready and really wanted to read the third novel. I recommend this novel highly. As with the first novel, there are mature subjects and graphic sex and violence. It is not for immature readers. I also recommend you read all three novels before you see the Noomi Rapace movies, you will be happy you did. You will not believe how well she brought the character to life.
 An extra star for compulsive readability September 11, 2010
Middleman
Wow... Lisbeth, Lisbeth, you be buggin'! Salander finds herself in a kind of a The Fugitive, Jason Bourne kind of role here in this addictive sequel. It gripped me and did not let me go til the end. Masterful and entertaining... I'm glad I gave the Larsson trilogy a try; it's great stuff!
Another page turner....hard to put down September 10, 2010
DMWC (omaha,ne)
Stieg Larsson has written another very good thriller. The more I get to know Lizbeth Salander the more I grow to love her. She has been victimized her whole life by just about everyone, but she is in no way is willing to lay down and play the victim. She's a fighter and it is neat to see her relationships with the very few people in the world she has learned or is learning to trust. I could not put this one down and could not wait to get started on the 3rd in the series.
Not as good as the first one September 10, 2010
HSIN-YI CHEN (Los Angeles, CA)
I think the second one is with better writing (or translating) compared to the first one, but the story itself is not as good in terms of suspense to the first book. The second book is all about Lisbeth Salander, which the author is apparently putting her as the center of the trilogy and unmasking her past to the readers. In a way I love the arrangement as in book one she just looks too mysterious and omnipotent to me. In this book I get to understand her better, all her flaws, weaknesses, and of course her amazing abilities which all linked to her past. However, I do think the story line is weaker in this one, with less suspense probably comes from the fewer characters. The first 100 pages are pretty much wasting of time if you ask me, and it didn't pick up the speed until Dag and Mia were murdered. And I think the book needs some serious editing too. I understand the author is trying to explain about Salander, why she's acting in certain ways and where she comes from, I get it. But he doesn't need to repeat himself for the 15th times. The reader is not that dumb! The constant repetition and going into unnecessary details (such as what Salander bought from 7-Eleven) is simply annoying, like we really care about each item she bought from the store. It's to the point of absurd if you ask me. The book can easily takes out some 200 pages if the editor does his/her job better.
Even with all the flaws I still think this book is with some good efforts to continue from the first installment. I'll finish the last one and hopefully it can be fulfilling.
Exciting and full of intrigue. September 10, 2010
This is a sequel to Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and it grabs the reader from the very first page. It ties up many of the unanswered questions that arose in 'Tattoo' and further enhanced Salander's character. Well written and produces a thought provoking experience that will be hard to replicate.
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