The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)

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Stieg Larsson: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) (Hardcover, 2008, Alfred A. Knopf)

Hardcover, 465 pages

English language

Published Sept. 24, 2008 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-307-26975-1
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OCLC Number:
664685281

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A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue.

It's about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden...and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.

It's about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance...and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age, who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism, and an unexpected connection between themselves. (front flap)

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Review of 'Uomini che odiano le donne' on 'Goodreads'

L'inizio della saga in cui vengono tracciate le tappe del giornalismo d'inchiesta, il tempo e le ricerche - non sempre con giusta etica. L'intreccio con sindrome/hacker forse troppo usata, con un personaggio con cui si può non andare d'accordo ma é una sfaccettatura di come il mondo può ridurre un essere umano. Mikael ricorda Morck della saga di Adler-Olsen con l'aggiunta della libertà nella vita privata, devo dire ne sono rimasta stupita anche se, personalmente, non trovo particolare interesse nella parte sessuale molto vasta. Anche questo primo caso ricorda La donna in gabbia (Adler-Olsen) senza essere un punto a sfavore tanto quanto Lisbeth con Rose.

I spent 4 hours finishing the book, then I went for a run.

The first half captured me, the second half was…insane. I picked an intense read for my first fiction book in years. When I finished, all I could do was grab my running shoes and go for a run, even though I already ran in the morning. It was a lot to process, and I needed the run to work through it.

Heavy, dark, insightful, scary, and beautiful. So happy I read it. And the broad theme of violence (and hatred) towards women is beautifully crafted into the story.