Barbara S. (barbsis) - , reviewed on 6/19/2011 + 1076 more book reviews

This is an amazing book! It starts out slow as hell and is real tedious discussing journalism and Swedish financial empires but quickly morphs into the greatest mystery imaginable. After financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist is jailed for libel, he is determined to prove Wennerstrom is a criminal. To that end he takes a seemingly impossible job from Henrik Vanger: find out who killed his 16 year old niece Harriet and as a cover story, write a Vanger family chronicle. Mikael thinks this is a ridiculous and impossible endeavor but agrees once Henrik drops the bait...irrefutable proof against Wennerstrom.

When Mikael gets to a point in his investigation that requires in depth time consuming research, he hires Lisbeth Salander to do the leg work (well computer work in this case). Coincidentally, Lisbeth was hired by Henrik to investigate Mikael before he was offered the job. Lisbeth is a tattooed, pierced, introvert with supposed psychological problems and a ward of the state but surprisingly enough she immediately takes to Mikael. They work incredibly well together and the story really picked up and gained momentum once Mikael and Lisbeth started working together.

I was shocked at some parts of this book and amazed by Lisbeth's reaction and vengeance against the perpetrator. I immediately liked Lisbeth and felt sorry as hell for her and routed for her throughout. I can't wait to see where Lisbeth and Mikael go on their next adventure.

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