I work in a book store, and so tend to steer clear of the books the masses flock to. But I caved and read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson and it was awesome! Insanely slow to start, but it's worth it's hype.
I finished it the day before yesterday - seeing the film tomorrow.
The Swedish title - "Men Who Hate Women" - is curious, given the author's decision to fetch the story to an impossibly and formulaic romantic conclusion, raising Blomqvist to Man of the Year status.
It's a ridiculous novel quite badly written, I think; full of cinematic stereotypes painted in broad predictable brush strokes. That's not to say it's not a 'page-turner' though (whatever that means).
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