The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I am someone who hesitates to read books that burst onto the scene with huge fanfare - think the Harry Potters, Twilights, Hunger Games, etc (all of which I still have yet to read, tyvm). So it goes without saying that I wasn't running out to get this book. Every time I would read the blurbs, it didn't sound like something that I would want to read. I'm not honestly sure why.
With that being said, I loved it. Once I took the plunge and downloaded the free sample to my Nook I was hooked. It took me no time to purchase the book and plow through it.
The story revolves around Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist is a publisher of a financial magazine who has been found guilty in a libel suit brought on by a billionaire industrialist. Salander is a freelance agent with Milton Security who has, how shall I put it, a dark and depressing past.
During the time Blomkvist is waiting to serve his three month jail sentence, he is summoned to the home of Henry Vanger, an aging once prominent industrial tycoon. Vanger wants Blomkvist's help in solving a 40 year old family mystery and baits Blomkvist with his offer by telling him that he will give Blomkvist information that will help to clear his name and will pay Blomkvist a hefty salary if he works on the case for one year.
The Vanger family mystery involves the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, Henry's great-niece. 40 years prior. Harriet disappeared from the small Swedish community without a trace of evidence left behind. No body was ever found and police investigators could never find out what really happened to her.
Salander is brought in to aide Blomkvist in the search for answers. She becomes obsessed with finding answers, as does Blomkvist. There are some dark and chilling moments in the book, that much is for sure. Suffice it to say that some family secrets are more twisted that one can imagine.
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