The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Search about this book and good reviews are here and there. It would cause you to be curious and eventually would want to read about Stieg Larsson’s said-to-be masterpiece. It was also adapted into a movie that garnered good reviews both in IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.

More than a year ago, I have been drawn to read this book not by anyone but by this book’s title when I chanced upon it inside a bookstore. I only got hold of it late last year, and began reading it last Friday. I would not deny the fact that I was still enthralled by this book despite the lack of depth and the blunt style of writing. It was rather easy to read and turning the pages is not hard to do, which in my case is usually caused by my average comprehension skills. Maybe it’s just my Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys childhood that the plot seemed predictable. I wasn’t amazed nor amused by any supposed-to-be revelation. But I have to give it credit for the character Lisbeth Salander. I’m just into mystery-loving, specifically female, characters. Add the wallflowery image of her.

But unlike the harsh bashers of this book, I don’t think I wasted my time reading it.