The Fans Who Read About Tattooed Girls
Aaand rounding of with Hornet:
Trai says: ‘Talky but worth it’
“This book, in my opinion, was just a tiny bit slower than the first two simply because there is not much action. Whereas the first two books were about investigating a crime, this was more of a law procedural dealing with the events leading up to and of Lisbeth’s trial. As a result, it could get rather talky at times, which tended to drag down the pace a tiny bit.
“There was a lot of discussing what could happen, and occasionally the same information would be relayed to different characters in the span of just a few pages, which could get annoying fast. Also, even more characters joined the already large supporting cast introduced in Played with Fire, so remembering who was who could get a little distracting. Eventually it didn’t bother me as much, but this book is a slower read than the first two.
“It’s worth it, though, for how well it ties things up in the end, considering Larsson’s sudden passing after the manuscripts had been delivered [...] one criticism I had of the book– the villains felt too cartoony at times. Lisbeth’s primary threat during her trial comes in the form of Dr. Teleborian, introduced in the last book. Teleborian is the psychiatrist who institutionalized the young Lisbeth, and he is exceptionally sick and twisted. Problem was, that twistedness bordered on hyperbole at points and I wanted to roll my eyes a little. Still, even if Lisbeth’s trial was less of the book than I expected, I found it immensely satisfying.
“There might be no more Mikael and Lisbeth after this book, but everything is handled so well that I’m almost okay with there not being any more.”
Read the full review on: Tutor Girl Reads The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest
- and check out Trai’s cool Salander-fan site as well: F…yeah! Kalle and Sally!
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Chris’ comments on the comments: Absolutely my point there, Trai. Hornet is a riveting read and yet… it’s like Larsson gets himself tangled up in just too many plot threads and is huffing and puffing to get them all sorted out, more often than not with the usual truck loads of exposition. If the basic idea wasn’t so compelling, if Lis Salander wasn’t so outrageously cool and if we weren’t already dying to read the ending, this book would probably collapse on itself. But even despite these basic problems it’s still very, very good. P.S. Yes, Teleborian is straight out of a Marvel comic. But he’s a paedophile psychiatrist – so what do you expect? 
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June 26th, 2010 at 9:44 PM
I think the point about Salandar is that she is not a “victim”. She is a woman who has experience all sorts of terrible things in her life but she decides that these experiences are not going to define her. She does not want to be a child who is abused or a woman who is raped, or a person whose civil liberties have been violated. She never once sees herself like this. One of the real problems for her at the end of the third book is that by winning she partially loses the freedom she had. She can be a full citizen, but she has to trade a little of her anonymity and freedom.
Mary
September 25th, 2010 at 11:38 PM
I thought that was portrayed in the film ‘Hornets Nest’ quite brilliantly in the short the scene where Lisbeth gets out of the laywers car and looks a little lost when she stands still and zips up her jacket and looks around as if she wasn’t sure what to do now.
September 25th, 2010 at 11:39 PM
I thought that was portrayed in the film ‘Hornets Nest’ quite brilliantly in the short scene where Lisbeth gets out of the laywers car and looks a little lost when she stands still and zips up her jacket and looks around as if she wasn’t sure what to do now.
September 27th, 2010 at 9:06 PM
Wow Mary, good insight. I felt some of these things about Lisbeth, but hadn’t quite teased out your conclusions. Thanks for that.