Theresa K. (Tesstarosa) - , reviewed on 2/12/2011 + 151 more book reviews

The final installment of the Millennium trilogy by the late Stieg Larsson.

The story continues with Lisbeth Salander being treated in a Swedish hospital for a bullet in the brain (which was successfully removed and without any apparent brain damage.) She has two fights on her hands her recovery from the gun shot and other injuries and the fight to prove her innocence of killing three people in Stockholm.

While hospitalized, her father, who shot her in the last book, and still wants her dead, is hospitalized a couple rooms down.

Mikael Blomkvist is working behind the scenes to help Lisbeth. Knowing full well that she will not be as cooperative as she could be but he knows she is innocent and its his mission to prove her innocence. He also wants the Swedish government to acknowledge the crimes it committed against her by having her declared incompetent.

The story is full of twists and turns and, once again, very riveting.

The one gripe that I have with this book, as well as the rest of the books in this series, is that there is quite a bit that could have been edited out of the stories. I dont know that knowing Mikaels attorney sister wore a white blouse, black skirt and gray jacket did a lot to move the story forward or a blow by blow of walking home from work down this street then that street and stopping at a restaurant for a dinner of fish, steamed vegetables with a sorbet dessert washed down with a glass of beer. Or, for that matter, the 7-10 pages of background on the Sapo officers from the secret agency. Im not sure how many pages eliminating these kinds of details would have eliminated, but some of it was just too detailed.

Despite that, I found myself drawn into the story and having a hard time putting the book down.

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