The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The genre-defining thriller that introduced the world to Lisbeth Salander
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4.6 • 426 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Meet Lisbeth Salander - the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide.
"As vivid as bloodstains on snow . . . a perfect introduction to the unique strengths of
Scandinavian crime fiction"LEE CHILD
Lisbeth Salander gets under the skin of her targets like no-one else. Those who underestimate her live to regret it. If they're lucky . . .
Mikael Blomkvist - disgraced journalist, womanizer - is everything she ought to hate. But when she is hired by a security firm to investigate him, her report on his life reveals an integrity that fascinates her.
Then she discovers that Blomkvist is cracking open the cold case of a missing girl - uncovering secrets that have poisoned a family through generations.
And only one thing gives Salander greater satisfaction than exposing a liar: stopping a killer.
With an introduction by Val McDermid
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The shivers come naturally in Stieg Larsson’s hit thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is fighting to keep his magazine, Millennium, afloat. He’s offered an out: his problems vanish if he investigates the decades-old disappearance of a girl. He agrees, launching us on a terrifying journey where he meets Lisbeth Salander, a misfit freelance investigator battling her own demons. Larsson’s co-protagonists are unforgettable. It’s no wonder that the late Swedish novelist's tale of depravity—the first book in the Millennium series—became a bestseller and put Scandinavian noir on the map.
Customer Reviews
Epic
Outstanding read, if you like murder, mystery or not.
painfully slow
first 100 pages felt like torture. painfully slow. when the plot eventually picked up slightly, the more interesting sections felt more like a reward for endurance than actually enjoyable. characters were introduced quickly and often in a way that felt overwhelming and impossible to stay engaged and connect with anyone. overall, really tested my commitment to finish a book regardless of book being the absolute worst.
Read don’t Watch
I have read the book seen the films in Swedish and English and the Book is by far the superior way to enjoy
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO!