The Girl Who Played with Fire

, #2

821 pages

English language

Published Nov. 3, 2009 by Random House Large Print.

ISBN:
978-0-307-26998-0
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4 stars (7 reviews)

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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4 stars

Talk about a cliffhanger ending. I didn't like the actual plot as much as I did in the first book. In the first book revealing the past really had me somewhat terrified and surely revolted, and the main plot of the second book didn't grip me as hard. Which doesn't mean that it's bad, not at all, just different. After ungodly amounts of exposition and incredible amounts of Billy's Pan Pizza, the plot really started rolling at pretty much the 40% mark and was unstoppable to the end. I am quite eager to start on the final book now.

As amusing anecdote, I googled Billy's Pan Pizza and found out that I am not the only reader who really had to check what Salander keeps eating. The Millenium trilogy has more product placement than an episode of Top Chef.