Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy

[jackxl53]

umm when she saids " they team up and become a super team." I'm like, ahhh thats not quite what its about. yes they do team up but the way she said it made it sound like there super buddies.

[mikazack]

Here's a tip for english speaking people on how to say the name "MIkael" in swedish: You start off with saying "Me dull". Be sure to use your oxford pronounciation! Emphasize the word "me". Babytalk, Who's dull? ME dull! Now you have to switch the letter d in "dull" to c, and say the word "cull"( maybe "cull" is an actual word in english?). Now, the only thing you have to do is try to get the "L"sound thin by not curving your tounge. This is how most swedes say the name Mikael.

[matrat57]

did they even read the book before making the cover?.... Salander have a dragon tattoo from the top of her back down to her butt... not a crappy little thing on the shoulder...

[gentleradical]

I had decided to boycott rape/murder books and realized that the whole bag of books someone gave me had to be boycotted. At the bottom of the bag was the Tattoo book which on the back referred to a missing girl. I was desperate for something to read and I also wanted to visit Sweden, so I broke my boycott. I had never heard of the trilogy, so it had nothing to do with hype. I just loved it for the characters and plot..and the writing.

[KalleSacanaBlomkvist]

@gentleradical reading a millenium trylogy is an interesting entry into Sweden :) You really could get the wrong idea of a society where middle aged lawyers take advantage of drug addicts and corrupt former intelligence officers kill people at will :))

it is not that bad. HOwever, all the motifs in the book are based on true events but they were very rare and occasional

and did you visit sweden in the meantime?

[gentleradical]

@KalleSacanaBlomkvist No I did not visit Sweden. I already knew that Sweden is a wonderful, relatively safe, country and its people are special because I've made many Swedish friends online since 1996, so the plot of the book gave me no bad impressions at all.  I still haven't read the third.. I'm saving it for later as it's the last..something to look forward to.

[KalleSacanaBlomkvist]

@gentleradical Stieg´s home is the north of sweden, arctic circle - the opposite of global urban culture of Stockholm. His parents were merely 17 when he was born so they placed him by maternal grandparents who shaped & brought up young stieg. As his grandparents he too became communist until the end of his life

1st book - criminal mystery in a closed room

2nd - classic detective story

3rd - political thriller

but the powerful character of Lisbet shapes all of them

consider the movies

[SirRunk]

The main character's name is "Mickfval"?

[HarukaChoEmi]

@SirRunk Mikael Blomkvist

[SirRunk]

@HarukaChoEmi Not according to the cross-eyed skank in video.

[timothymn2]

What a useless critique Sophie Rochester has produced.

First why does she give away so much of the plot? Is is because she is to stupid to think of anything original to say.

Second she does not get the plot quite right. What she gives you are half truths about the plot with some details that are somewhat misleading. As she did not bother to read the books properly.

Typical useless journalist.

[Horrorman101666]

@timothymn2 Well said. I could see your point of view if someone wants to see a review you want to know if it is a good book to read not hear all about it. I am about to read the first book and I don't want someone to tell me the book even if it is a bunch of tarter. Not to sound rude or anything but maybe she should learn some more about books.

[nederland0607]

for the second book u can translate the title in the woman who played with fire, so is it done in dutch.

but the books are al briliant, 3th is my favourite.

[ThomasDeanNordlum]

i just finished the third book in French and I loved the series. My favorite was the 2nd book.

By the way, the titles in English are completely different from the Swedish and French titles.

Men who hate women

The girl who dreamed of the gas can a zippo

The queen in the drafty palace

[kajro57]

St Larsson neglected his health

he was a chainsmoker, drank pints of coffee & slept only 3 hours a night

He committed his life to work as a journalist & anti-nazi activist

In secret, at nights in his office, he wrote these 3 books

Only his wife & closest friends had some clue about it

Its a nice read & the movies r ok but its a complete mystery for me why it became such a hype, expecially abroad

[gentleradical]

@kajro57 I had never heard the hype, just happened to pick the book out of a bag of books. Ended up loving the first 2 books and putting off reading the third since it's the last. I think it's just the perfect blend of good writing, compelling plot, interesting/appealing characters. People seem to like seeing justice done the way Supergirl Salander doles it out (physically and virtually). PLUS Stieg's untimely death even adds to the appeal. I feel heartbroken for him.

[ZachClooney]

This is supposed to be a review yet no mention of the quality of the English translations! How competent are they?

[hannibalflo]

nice review, great book!