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Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson

Hh !! Thats what I said when I finished reading.

I selected the book by because of the cover and the tittle. A deliberate attempt to explore different kind of reading. I was not disappointed however I feel I may have spent that time reading something else.

Its a very light read. I realized that it was a trilogy while updating my profile on Shelfari. Next time I pick up a book I will check the views of other readers. The book uses lot of Swedish names and places. Book gives a glimpse of Swedish culture particularly about Freedom & Constitution. Book is all about what secret police had to do to cover up its mistake made several years ago. Secret Police was setup to protect Sweden and it turned into an illegal function, in the end all of its surviving officers arrested.

The story line starts with a big bang, Salander is admitted to the hospital with a bullet in her head. It keeps surprising you in the initial parts. It then drags with the history of Sapo, Secret Police of Sweden, investigative journalist Blomkvist, Berger, Evert Gullberg etc... Possibly to create or build suspense. I lost interest at this point, urge to finish the book kept me going not. The story ends with Ginnai brilliant questions in the courtroom and fortune of Salander.

There are many loose ends ... Salander’s interest in research, mathematics, her twin sister, fortune that she had, Figuerola’s interest in Blomkvist which one may find hard to explain.
You would not mind if you have skipped this book.

1 comment:

  1. why is this your last article of the blog?

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