I'd been waiting for the third book in the Millennium Trilogy to come out in paperback since I finished the 2nd book (didn't want to get a hardback to mess up the look of my bookshelf). Steig Larsson's trilogy has become a bit of a phenomenon and I'm fairly sure that everyone has heard of it. The story is a good one but it takes a while to get in to in the first book and across all three books I found myself wishing the story would move along a little faster.
The third instalment picks up where the 2nd finished and I'm happy with the way the story is concluded. The trilogy’s themes of violence (particularly against women) and the underworld come to the fore here and in the end justice is done- to an extent. Is it really believable that the authorities would go so far to protect an obviously criminal asset? I'm not sure but I didn't live in cold war Sweden nor do I move in the world of spies. The way the old men and in fact a lot of the men treat women throughout the trilogy isn't very pleasant and this theme runs through all the books and can make for difficult reading.
It seemed at one point that everywhere you went someone was reading a Larsson book - on the train, the tube and the posters were everywhere. As the books have been out for a while it seems to be dying down a bit now - but the films are coming out so I assume that there will be another marketing push. Ultimately I have mixed feelings - I like Lisabeth Salander - I don't like what happens to her.
The third instalment picks up where the 2nd finished and I'm happy with the way the story is concluded. The trilogy’s themes of violence (particularly against women) and the underworld come to the fore here and in the end justice is done- to an extent. Is it really believable that the authorities would go so far to protect an obviously criminal asset? I'm not sure but I didn't live in cold war Sweden nor do I move in the world of spies. The way the old men and in fact a lot of the men treat women throughout the trilogy isn't very pleasant and this theme runs through all the books and can make for difficult reading.
It seemed at one point that everywhere you went someone was reading a Larsson book - on the train, the tube and the posters were everywhere. As the books have been out for a while it seems to be dying down a bit now - but the films are coming out so I assume that there will be another marketing push. Ultimately I have mixed feelings - I like Lisabeth Salander - I don't like what happens to her.
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