The Girl Who Played With Fire
by Stieg Larsson
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70%
Critic Reviews: 15
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88%
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Synopsis
Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on... more
About Stieg Larsson
Published: November 22, 2011 by Vintage
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Crime, Action & Adventure. Fiction. 752 pages
- All Critics: 15
- Positive: 11
- Negative: 4
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The New York Times | 16 Jul 2009
an intricate, puzzlelike story line that attests to Mr. Larsson’s improved plotting abilities... that simultaneously moves backward into Salander’s traumatic past, even as it accelerates toward its startling and violent conclusion.
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The Guardian | 14 Feb 2009
The Girl Who Played With Fire is that rare thing - a sequel that is even better than the book that went before.
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The Washington Post | 27 Jul 2009
a writer with two skills useful in entertaining readers royally: creating characters who are complex, believable and appealing... and parceling out information in a consistently enthralling way.
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Euro Crime | 1 Jan 2009
The book is packed with incident, thrills, characters, rich details and plot revelations... the pace never lets up, emotions are intense, and there are no boring moments
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Open Letters Monthly
elegantly crafted, complex thriller... one of the most intriguing, mesmerizing, addictive, original female characters ever created
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BC Books | 5 Jan 2012
full of intrigue and mystery, action and one astonishing revelation after another. Once again, you will be enthralled, and once again, you will find it very hard to put this book down until you finish it.
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Los Angeles Times | 27 Jul 2009
a thriller with moral freight... a pulse-pounding follow-up to 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.'
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Entertainment Weekly | 28 Jul 2009
a bit sloppy, too often falling back on annoying devices. Characters repeatedly turn up at key events through sheer coincidence, and Larsson clumsily foreshadows big events
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The Guardian | 9 Jan 2009
he is underestimating his readers... too insistent and methodical when it comes to background detail.
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USA Today | 28 Jul 2009
the books' appeal... is a result of the author writing from the heart, not from a formula. Larsson clearly loved his brave misfit Lisbeth.
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Material Witness Blog | 13 Jan 2009
It is brutal, bleak and emotionally bruising, but it is quite brilliantly told and never less than gripping
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AV Club | 30 Jul 2009
The Girl Who Played With Fire indulges itself by nudging its characters into the exact places where...the shock waves will reach them. The waiting through domestic dinners and unremarkable vacations is almost unbearable
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BC Books | 6 Apr 2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire is just as engrossing as its predecessor... Readers won't feel out of breath after finishing the book — just hungry for more of Salander's adventures.
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 Jun 2009
convoluted back story and the allusive, sometimes loopy structure of the present book.
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