I just finished this book, as in like 5 minutes ago. It took me forever to finish reading it because I'm a slow reader. I have to absorb every word and sometimes read sentences twice if my concentration meanders. It also took me awhile to finish it because I read it on my NookColor device and I constantly got carried away with all of its neat features like highlighting, note-taking, and its internal dictionary. So cool!
Ok, so I enjoyed the story very much and most of the characters. I also enjoyed the fast pace as which the story moved. I tend to lose my patience with pragmatic descriptions and slow-moving plots. However, I didn't enjoy the convoluted family tree and all of the characters broached just to thicken the chapters with no real importance. I didn't think it was a stunning story and the characters, with the exception of one, seemed like ones in other suspenseful murder mysteries I've read. Although, Lisbeth Salander's character was interestingly and intelligently constructed. She really is an original character with so many complexities. To me, it seemed like the author spent most of his time constructing the uniqueness of Lisbeth Salander's character and just moved the other characters around in the story like pawns to discover all of the details in the mystery and eventually solve it.
I'm not sure if I want to jump into the next book in the series or just pick up something else and see if I'm still thinking about what happens to Salander.
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