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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:  467 reviews
Sales Rank: 69
Format: Deckle Edge
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0307269981
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.738
EAN: 9780307269980
ASIN: 0307269981
Publication Date: July 28, 2009
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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
Product Description
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government.
But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.
As Blomkvist, alone in his belief in Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation of the slayings, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous hunt in which she is the prey, and which compels her to revisit her dark past in an effort to settle with it once and for all.
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 Entertaining (If a Bit Wordy...) March 15, 2010
Nyghtewynd (St. Louis, MO)
As someone who doesn't read a lot of fiction, I highly enjoyed Larsson's tale of the convoluted life that is Lisbeth Salander. The author does an excellent job at building a noir atmosphere that fits the plot, and Larsson's habit of quickly switching the third-person narration from character to character is manageable by the reader. While the plot includes some dead ends and some false information, it's still easy to find a rooting interest in the story, and the last 100 pages or so are impossible to put down.
That being said, there are a couple of flaws that keep the text from being fantastic. Larsson apparently attended the Stephenie Meyer school of exposition, which means that the center of the book tends to be dragged down by its own minutia. Similarly, the heroine (Lisbeth Salander) is such an engaging person that, when she disappears, the plot also slows to a crawl.
Overall, Larsson produced an entertaining, if long, read that keeps your attention and draws you in to a world where you're not going to be able to wait for the final book of the trilogy.
 The story just gets better! March 15, 2010
Digital Deviant (UK)
Wow - this really is incredible stuff, I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, not only is this more of the same it gets better! I dont think I can wait for the third book to get a paperback release, what a great author the late Stieg Larsson was.
A definite page turner March 13, 2010
Migdacely Guzman (Maryland usa)
This book is even better than the first one, it's fast paced and I could not put it down, i am lucky that a friend got the last book in Europe and let me borrow it because I couldn't wait until May to continue the story. I am sorry that Larsson died and we will not be able to enjoy his great writing anymore. I have read other Scandinavian writers (from Norway and even Sweden) and they tend to be a little boring although very deep. Larsson broke the mold. Do not let the few first pages fool you into believing this is not a great book.
Excellent book series! March 13, 2010
G. Gage (PALOUSE, WA, US)
This book and the other books in the series is excellent! The main character has many fascinating facets to her personality. I would recommend this book or the other two books in this series to anyone who enjoys a good mystery.
Lisbeth Salander March 12, 2010
E. Connell (NY City)
What more can I say but that she is the most fascinating character I've ever come across in crime fiction. She is a 97 pound weakling who beats up motorcyclists, the institutionalized girl, barely educated who studies Fermat's last theorem in her spare time. And Stieg Larsson's writing makes her come alive on the page. If you finish this book and agree with me don't wait for the sequel to be issued in the US since it follows right on the heels of this book. Stieg Larsson was a good man who Sweeden will miss and a great writer who I will miss. I wish there were 10 or 20 more novels of Lisbeth's adventures to follow.
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