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The Girl Who Played with Fire |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Creator: Reg Keeland
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
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Rating:  777 reviews
Sales Rank: 171
Format: Deckle Edge
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 503
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 6.2 x 1.5
ISBN: 0307269981
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307269980
ASIN: 0307269981
Publication Date: July 28, 2009
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The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses any talk of a sophomore slump. Fans of Larsson's prior work will find even more to love here, and readers who do not find their hearts racing within the first five pages may want to confirm they still have a pulse. Expect healthy doses of murder, betrayal, and deceit, as well as enough espresso drinks to fuel downtown Seattle for months. --Dave Callanan
Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, July 2009: The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-sweat thriller that crackles with stunning twists and dismisses any talk of a sophomore slump. Fans of Larsson's prior work will find even more to love here, and readers who do not find their hearts racing within the first five pages may want to confirm they still have a pulse. Expect healthy doses of murder, betrayal, and deceit, as well as enough espresso drinks to fuel downtown Seattle for months. --Dave Callanan
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 How did this guy find a publisher? July 29, 2010
Bil H. Scott (Mississippi)
Is it an entertaining book - Yes. Is it a good story - Fair. Should it be in the Best Seller List - Hardly.
I bought the first book because I wanted to know what readers found interesting these days. The second one I bought to see if the writing would get any better. To me it was like looking at a Cabbage Patch doll and wondering why every kid in America wanted one. I bought the Kindle version, so I can only take the word of those that acquired the actual book that there are really 600 plus pages. If so, at least 300 are unnecessary. My biggest problem with this book is you have to make notes to figure out who all these characters are. The author writes as if he thinks everybody knows them. Sometimes I would get down a full page and then find out I had been reading about somebody I thought all along was somebody else. Was that Bjorck or Bjurman? Or was it Blomkvist? Even recalling them as Be-jork and Be-jurman didn't help. How do you pronounce 'Blomk'? I can't make my mind do it, much less my mouth. And as for the names? Most Americans reading this book will have problems remembering names that defy all attempts at pronunciation. There were so many characters with so many strange names and they were thrown in the story like sprinkles over sugar cookies. It would have helped if there had been a character glossary to go back to every few minutes to figure out who was who? Finally, his style is sloppy to the point that I do not believe a credible publisher would have published this. My question is, how did this book get published?
3.5-Thrilling page-turner that does not live up to its predecessor July 29, 2010
C. Curran (Clifton, NJ USA)
After recently reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," I was so intrigued by its storyline and characters that I immediately picked up the next book in the trilogy. Overall, I liked it very much and it certainly kept me turning pages for hours on end! As with the first book in the trilogy, the story is very slow to get started. Once it did get going (after Part I and well into Part II), it definitely held my attention. Again, Larsson fills this crime novel with excellent plot twists (a couple of which were a total surprise to me) and many suspenseful sequences of events, leading up to a very thrilling conclusion.
For those of you who have read "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo": if the character of Lisbeth Salander at all piqued your interest, then read "The Girl Who Played with Fire"--it is ultimately her story this time around, and Larsson further develops her history and character.
If you did enjoy the first book in the trilogy, you should be aware that this second book treats the plot development much differently, as most of it is written much more along the lines of a police procedural crime novel. I actually preferred the storyline of the first book; it seemed a more inventive to me.
I ended up giving the book 3.5 (I would give a half star in my rating if Amazon allowed that!) stars instead of four because while I was thoroughly entertained by this book, as I said, I preferred the first book a bit more. Also, I felt it was unnecessary for the author to continually refer to the events that Mikael and Lisbeth went through in the first book, since most readers probably read Book 1 in the trilogy first. If you're a fan of police procedural crime fiction and are itching to discover the secrets of Lisbeth's past, then read Book 2--you won't be disappointed.
 zala la la July 29, 2010
kelsooo
Absolutely amazing I could not put it down, I would try to sleep and all I could do was think about the book and go read a considerable chunk of it before my body fell asleep against my will. Riveting, thrilling, deep, and it shows how deep corruption can go in he government and it unveils Salander's past and I must say that it is my favorite book I've read in at least a year.
Fantastic! July 28, 2010
Thu T. Vo (Houston, TX)
I couldn't put this book down. Too bad Stieg Larsson isn't around any longer. I've never read such a complex character in Lisbeth Salander. Her strangeness and complexity is the root of the book and character development makes a book wonderful rather than just the story. I loved it!
 I'M HOOKED July 28, 2010
Carol Mayer (Franklin, NC)
Mr. Larsson's first book, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, sucked me in and now I must read the next two in the series. I was a bit less engrossed with The Girl Who Played With Fire, and I'm not certain why. If the scene didn't involve Lisbeth, I found myself anxious to move on through the less interesting parts (a lot of detail) to get back to her. Also, I feel that Lisbeth would never, ever consider getting breast augmentation. Such a procedure could be construed that she was lacking in some way because she had small breasts. Uh? Sorry to you five-star fans, but I believe the author's own anatomical preferences and sexual fantasies may have sent an unwilling Salander to the plastic surgeon. I think little Lisbeth with a big attitude would have said, "If they don't like me the bleeping way I am, then bleep them!" Aside from these small details, I still liked the book and would recommend it.
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