Mari D. (luv2cnewthings) reviewed on 1/14/2012 + 55 more book reviews

My first reaction after reading the second installment was that the first was more of a mystery and the second book is more of a thriller. So, I liked the first book much better!

Aside from that, I couldn't help noticing that this book would probably be a good read for a Philosophy Class. Questions in that direction to ponder: Societal values? What is the "norm?" What are ethics and morals? Is the line between good and bad a thin gray line or is it solid? (After all, as much as we might like Salander, even Palmgren comments to Blomkvist how Salander's first reaction to most problems is violence.)

Otherwise, other specific thoughts on this book is that the first 400 or 500 hundred pages went very quickly. After that there were several times when I said, "Geez I knew that was going to happen." This includes one of the big reveals in the book: Zala with a "Z" and not an "_." (Kind of wondered whether Stieg Larsson had Voldemort on the mind when he made that one up.

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