Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy

[Charlie]

I finished reading the last book last night. Was a really good read and this particular book had me totally hooked. It was really hard to put down. If anyone hasn't read them yet I'd totally recommend them

I didn't think the first book was amazing, but the 2nd and 3rd where very good.

Anyone else read them? What did you think?
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[Old Git Racing]

I've read em, thought 1 and 3 were better than 2 but as a trilogy brilliant. The characterisation made it for me.

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[fenton]

Ill be the first to ask. What are they about?
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[Tonka]

I read all three back to back and was hooked, really enjoyed them. I've got the DVD of the the first one and will get the others when they come out too and then watch them back to back. I'm not impressed that the US is doing it's own version of the movies with Daniel Craig though - bit of a sell out given that it was all better low key and not all glizted up Hollywood stylie, but that's just my opinion!

Fenton: Without giving the whole thing away, here is the wiki description!

The Millennium Trilogy is a series of three bestselling novels written in Swedish originally by the late Stieg Larsson. The novels in the series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, were first published in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Larsson, who was disgusted by sexual violence, witnessed the gang rape of a young girl when he was 15. The author never forgave himself for failing to help the girl, whose name was Lisbeth – like the young heroine of his books, herself a rape victim, which inspired the theme of sexual violence against women in his books.

The primary characters in the series are Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Lisbeth is an intelligent, eccentric woman in her twenties with eidetic memory whose social skills are rather poor. Blomkvist is an investigative journalist, a celebrity in his own right, and has a history not totally dissimilar to Larsson's.

Larsson wrote about three-quarters of a fourth novel before his sudden death in November 2004. His partner, Eva Gabrielsson, possesses the notebook computer with the manuscript. Outlines or manuscripts for one or two more books may exist
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[daz_d_biker]

these are the last 3 books I've read actually, a brilliant read! What do I read as a follow up though?
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[Tonka]

[Kwaks]

I really enjoyed all 3 books.


Didn't realise the author had died, thats a real shame as I was looking forward to more of his books. Seems to have taken a bit of time for the books to reach us
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[Charlie]

I dunno if it was my crappy English skills (most probably) but I thought I'd found a couple of mistake in the 3rd book where the english didn't quite read right. Still it was very good, I haven't read a book that has had me hooked like that for a while.
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[daz_d_biker]

You're not wrong Charlie, I found a few too. But the whole book was translated from Swedish to English. Mine had a LOT of mistakes in it, but I'm guessing that is because it was on IBooks on my Iphone haha.

Anyone seen the films?

Thanks for the book suggestions.

Daz.
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[Charlie]

The DVD is at home planning to watch it when I am next back from university. I have heard it is not as good as the book though, although this is expected.
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