The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A friend of mine recently saw the new Hollywood movie of this book and was thoroughly impressed, saying that it was complex but utterly fantastic. This sounds like just my sort of thing then, so I purchased the book with much anticipation. Knowing that there is a lot of hype around the book had previously made me weary of it, in a sort of Twilight weary way. But due to the gushing praise of my friend and the fact that it has of course been a huge success story, I felt sure that there was clearly then something to it and I started reading with enthusiasm.
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