I just read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last week. I enjoyed it, but didn't feel particularly compelled to pick up the second book, especially since the first one ended with like 100 pages of Mikael's vendetta against Wennerstrom, which was not nearly as interesting to me as the story about the Vanger family. If I liked the Lisbeth parts more than the Mikael parts, should I give the second book a shot?
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Kate P. - Apr 09, 2010 7:26:42 am PDT #11230 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
DawnK - Apr 09, 2010 7:38:47 am PDT #11231 of 28344
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Kate, I would say yes. The focus of the second book is much differnt (more on Lisbeth)
Kate P. - Apr 09, 2010 7:47:44 am PDT #11232 of 28344
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Thanks, Dawn! That's good to know.
meara - Apr 09, 2010 8:25:02 am PDT #11233 of 28344
Totally agreed--I liked the second book more, and it's more Lisbeth, I felt. I'm looking forward to the third book (...at some point. I figure I'll pick it up in an airport somewhere when it's in paperback and I'm all desperate for something to read and go "Oooh! I can read THAT! Yes!")
megan walker - Apr 09, 2010 8:27:52 am PDT #11234 of 28344
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The second book was just way more developed, character-wise and plot-wise, which is often the case I think, but weird in Larsson's case since my understanding is he didn't submit them to a publisher until he had all three.
Toddson - Apr 09, 2010 12:59:59 pm PDT #11235 of 28344
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Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2010 10:24:46 pm PDT #11236 of 28344
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Atropa - Apr 11, 2010 9:16:00 am PDT #11237 of 28344
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Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2010 9:24:32 am PDT #11238 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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Atropa - Apr 11, 2010 9:35:31 am PDT #11239 of 28344
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