16 January 2011

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Steig Larsson has done it again. With the second installment of the Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is back as the bad girl hacker that no one wants to be friends with.

There is a wonderful story that Larsson has woven. Filled with mystery, intrigue and everything you'd wish from a James Patterson novel, mixed with computers. Larsson even throws in a few big surprises towards the end, with a tidy finish on the last two pages.

There is not much I can say other than that Larsson is a gifted story teller, with an even better story. While, at times vulgar, it's always depicting a scene so perfectly that it plays out in your mind.

Larsson is a storyteller equivalent to a glass of salt water; Wets your whistle, but you need another drink.

On this one, I give Larsson a 4 out of 5 and frankly, I'm sleeping with my stuffed dinosaur tonight.

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