books 2011: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson

[supercheesegirl]

I started my new year off right with a binge read of the third Stieg Larsson book. I'd been waiting, saving it, reluctant to start reading it because I knew it would be so good. And it was. I loved it. (But not to worry, F kept an eye on me and made sure I took breaks to eat and pee.)

Comments

[pocketwitch.livejournal.com]

I wish I could say I liked this one as much as the first two. I thought the third one was way too long in parts, with long sections with little or no Lisbeth and lots of stuff I couldn't bring myself to care about. :P

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

See, I thought the first book was too long, with that whole beginning section on economics or whatever. In this one I was at least interested in what was going on with the side characters.

[pocketwitch.livejournal.com]

I agree that the first section of the first book was slow, but once I got past that, the rest really drew me in. I expected the third one to be nonstop excitement, and I found myself tuning out a lot.

I hate that Steig is no longer with us. I feel like he had a ton of potential; his writing is flawed in a lot of ways but they're flaws he could've grown past. I would've loved to see his writing grow.