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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2007)

by Stieg Larsson

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Series: Millennium (3)

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If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.… (more)
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"There’s only one right time to publish a story, and an endless number of wrong times.”

This was an amazing story! Twists and turns and full of political and governmental illegal activity. The story of Lisbeth has always been interesting because she's always been such an anomaly to me. Mikael is the light to her dark and his struggle to fight injustice and to anticipate a good story and where a lead will take him - amazing as always to read. I love that it was all so complicated and each person in the circle had a moment, you could tell, where they made the decision to be a part of the story as it all unfolded.

I'm so glad I finally read this one to complete the first 3 books. I'm not sure I'll keep reading, but I probably will, just to see. ( )
  Trisha_Thomas | Nov 14, 2024 |
Overall, I thought this book was excellent. It was complex, and the pacing was good. A couple minor gripes: too many similar names, and it seemed like Larsson thought Erika Berger needed her own subplot, which didn't really add to the story. A fitting conclusion to the Lisbeth Salander trilogy. ( )
  katmarhan | Nov 6, 2024 |
This book was a worthy follow-up for the previous book. The previous book ended where this one picked the story up and if you read part 2 of the millenium-series you just have to read this one. Although I think the first book is absolutely the best of the trilogy, this book is certainly worth your time if you like conspiracies, thrillers and happy endings. It's really a shame there aren't going to be more books by this author because I really think he is a very good author.
This book was different from the previous two in the sense that the plot was more obvious than before. Nevertheless I enjoyed it and it was again a pageturner for me. ( )
  Esk_boeken | Oct 7, 2024 |
It boggles my mind to think about the amount of planning that went into writing such a complicated and intricate book. It was far from action-packed like the the first and even some of the second novel, but it was equally as gripping. I really enjoyed how it all came together (even if Larsson has a knack for being more long-winded than Stephen King) and found this to be a perfect end to the trilogy. LOVED it. ( )
  remjunior | Oct 2, 2024 |
What book to start now? This was such a great read. I have definite withdrawal symptoms. LOL
This last one was the best!! ( )
  Eiketske1004 | Sep 18, 2024 |
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The tension builds relentlessly as backstories morph into intriguing subplots, threats to the very core of Swedish democracy are uncovered, men in positions of authority continue to abuse their power, and Salander and Blomkvist continue to fight for justice in their different, inimitable styles
added by 4leschats | editBookPage, Sukey Howard (Jun 1, 2010)
 
Larsson was a cerebral, high-minded activist and self-proclaimed feminist who happened to have a God-given gift for pulse-racing narrative. It’s this offbeat combination of attributes — imagine if John Grisham had prefaced his writing career not by practicing law in Mississippi but by heading up the Stockholm office of Amnesty International — that has made the series such a sui generis smash.
 
Still—bad writing is hardly a barrier to success in this genre. A good plot can run right over pages and pages of bad writing. And if there is a bad plot, or an incomprehensible one, great writing can always go around it. By these standards, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is a failure. No one should read this book for its plot or its prose.
added by Shortride | editSlate, Michael Newman (May 24, 2010)
 
The best features of Larsson's books are lively, intricately improbable plots. These, however, are set forth in a banal style that demonstrates no more than minimal skills when it comes to most of his characterizations and descriptive writing. It sometimes seems that Larsson's interest in novelistic detail begins and ends with the contents of a sandwich that one of his characters makes before dashing out on some potentially dangerous errand.
 
Cutting nimbly from one story line to another, Larsson does an expert job of pumping up suspense while credibly evoking the disparate worlds his characters inhabit, from the coldblooded bureaucracy of the Security Police to the underground slacker-hacker world of Salander and her friends, from the financially stressed newsroom Erika inherits to the intensive care unit of the hospital where Salander and Zalachenko are recuperating.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Larsson, Stiegprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bjørnson, ElisabethTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Brynolfsson, ReineNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hernández, Pau JoanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Keeland, RegTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kuhn, WibkeTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Ortega Román, Juan JoséTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.

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