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The Girl Who Played with Fire |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Vintage
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  875 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
ASIN: B001NLKT60
Publication Date: July 20, 2009
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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, July 2009: The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses any talk of a sophomore slump. Fans of Larsson's prior work will find even more to love here, and readers who do not find their hearts racing within the first five pages may want to confirm they still have a pulse. Expect healthy doses of murder, betrayal, and deceit, as well as enough espresso drinks to fuel downtown Seattle for months. --Dave Callanan
Product Description
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.
But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.
As Blomkvist, alone in his belief in Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the slayings, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all.
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 The Girl Who Played With Fire September 5, 2010
PJA
The story starts out hooking you into the world of a young, highly intelligent woman of whom those claiming to know her actually find out how little they really do know about this quirky, aloof heroine.
An engaging plot with characters that keep the interest level high.
 The Girl Who Played With Fire September 5, 2010
J. Schliefert (Colorado)
Very intriguing and grabbing. Got into it right away. A little fantastical at the end, but by then I was routing for everyone to find the bad guys! What a surprising twist of plot.
Reliable Site September 5, 2010
Lila Ansley (Cleveland, OH)
The books arrived in the time promised and were in good condition. I would use this site again. The price was also very good compared to purchase at a bookstore.
 A Solid 3 Stars, SLOW Going at First But Then... September 5, 2010
Anthony Ian (Chicago, IL United States)
I found the first book to be interesting but very cluttered. So much time was spent trying to keep track of the Vanger family that it became a distraction. The payoffs at the end were somewhat redeeming, but one senses this author needed a better editor.
This book, like the first one, could be about 200 pages shorter. As many have complained, often the author goes into needless irrelevant detail trying to set a scene--do we really need to know what somebody ordered at McDonald's?
This book, as well, churns along slowly for about the first 200 pages or so. If you liked the first one you certainly won't be disappointed by this, in that obviously the main characters are there, picking up where Dragon left off.
But when the action gets going here it REALLY gets going, to the point where I read the final 250 pages in one sitting. The big reveal here--who is Zala?--was done nicely and never telegraphed; far more satisfying than the Silence of the Lambs-ish twist at the end of Dragon.
So yes--a slog in the beginning but the slam-bang ending made up for it. A solid three stars. A good summer read, but not something I'd read again.
Keeps your attention as the author weaves through the mystery. September 5, 2010
Shelvie J. Cole (Arkansas USA)
Difficult the first 100 pages as the author sets up the family tree and not being familiar with Swedish names, it was hard to keep the characters straight initially, but the diagram of the family tree in the front of the book helped. Once that all got in place the book moved along rapidly even though written in great detail. Immediately started the second one in the series after finishing this one. Highly recommend this book.
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