Readers all across America are talking about Stieg Larsson’s #1 best-selling trilogy—The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest—which has more than 12 million copies in print.
Now, just in time for the holidays: a deluxe, slip-cased set of the three hardcover novels—each unjacketed, bound in full cloth and uniquely stamped, with maps and individual full-color endpapers—as well as On Stieg Larsson, a previously unpublished collection of essays about and correspondence with the author.
The perfect collectible for the Stieg Larsson fan and the ideal gift for those who have yet to meet his heroine, Lisbeth Salander, “one of the most fascinating characters in modern genre fiction” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Inspired by an old joke shared with a colleague at TT, Larsson admitted he started writing the Millennium novels -- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and Castles in the Sky (working English title) -- just for fun. Describing them as "pension insurance," Larsson said he enjoyed the process of fiction writing so much that he didn't make contact with a publisher until he had completed the first two and had a third under way. Though Larsson died of a heart attack in 2004 and never saw any of his books in print, all three were subsequently published in Scandinavia and continental Europe to great acclaim. He left behind the unfinished manuscript for a fourth book in the series.
SuperMomIN
Posted Fri Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2010
I wasn't sure what to expect and I think the first 200 pages of the 1st book "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" were a little too detailed for my taste. Sooo many characters mentioned. But once all the background information was laid, the story picked up and I had trouble putting the book down and went on to books 2 and 3 immediately after. It was a rollercoaster experience. Just when you think the story was winding up, another mystery had to be solved. Good read! Some parts were quite graphic. Definitely not a teen book. I would say it is for adults only.
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Posted Fri Oct 22 00:00:00 EDT 2010
I love to read, however I must be honest and say that I have not read a book which could make me gasp, laugh or cry since I was 16 years old. I have to admit that when I casually picked up the first in this series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I felt uncertain. Now I'm reading it for the second time! I feel thrilled by the story, its coomplications and turns, its characters and their complexity and the author's style of writting that captured me as if in a time machine and deposited me in the middle of the story. It is my first mystery novel and it has made me ravenous for more!!!!!!
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Great trilogy.I started with Dragon Tattoo and had a hard time getting into it at the beginning.My friendly cashier at B&N told me to try again because it gets good.I did and boy,am I glad. have finished the series and watched the Swedish version of the first 2 movies.Loved it,wish the author hadn't died.
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Posted Wed Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2010
As a fairly stuffy, pacifistic middle class woman, I am startled by how completely this series captivated me. At first it was the Swedish setting that captivated me: refreshingly different. In the first volume, I wondered at times why the title featured the female character, as she seemed to be a minor story line much of the time . . . but, oh, how her story grew in depth and interest along the way. My amazement is a result of how I weathered through some significantly brutal and graphic scenes simply because I had become profoundly interested in the plot. Harsh as those sections were, they were vital to the story line.
Had I known about the brutality before I started the first volume, I might have passed it up; that, however, would have been a mistake. Skim through these parts if you must, but do continue to the end. This series was a worthwhile use of my reading time.
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Posted Mon Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2012
Although not a fan of series, nor books of this type, I was fascinated by this entire set, and highly recommend it for Lisbeth and Michael's great adventures! It is vitally important to read the first book for foundation prior to viewing the movies, which were forced to eliminate numerous Blomkvist relationships due to time constraints. A fast, exciting, enjoyable read......
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Posted Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2011
Trilogy is fantastic and spellbinding. Readers need to be mature.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I couldn't put down this series from book one! I blew straight through all 3 of them. They are intriguing, mysterious, and always leave you wanting more! The perfect addition to any collection.
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Posted Fri Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2010
The first was GOOD, the second was GREAT the third was OK......but all 3 worth reading.
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Overview
Readers all across America are talking about Stieg Larsson’s #1 best-selling trilogy—The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest—which has more than 12 million copies in print.
Now, just in time for the holidays: a deluxe, slip-cased set of the three hardcover novels—each unjacketed, bound in full cloth and uniquely stamped, with maps and individual full-color endpapers—as well as On Stieg Larsson, a ...