I finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest this afternoon. What a great read - all 600 pages! It is so sad that Stieg Larsson died just shortly after finishing The Millenium Trilogy. The plots are ingenious, and they keep you hanging until the very end. The translations are good, so if you read Swedish, they must be spectacular! There are quirks - like detailed descriptions of every piece of technology the characters touch. The lead, Mikael Blomkvist, doesn't just use his mobile, he picks up his Ericsson T10; he doesn't just open his laptop, he opens his MacBook Pro with OS2, etc. Also, in this third book, the author starts each of the four sections with a little historical piece on Amazons and women warriors through history. I think it's supposed to go with the lead female, Lisbeth Salander, but I don't think it fits at all.
At any rate, head off to your local Costco, or get in line at the library to read these books: first is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, second is The Girl Who Played with Fire and the third is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. They must be read in order! The third one will not be available in North America until May 25, 2010. Yikes! But you could pay the freight and order it online from Foyles or Blackwells, or if you know someone headed for England (or anywhere in Europe) give them the money and have them bring it back for you. Our daughter-in-law Sarah brought me mine in October. Thank you, Sarah!
I am sad to be done with this, but I know I will read this trilogy again some time.
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I ordered our copy from amazon.co.uk. It arrived in time to serve as an early birthday present for John, although I finished it first. The first volume has a prolog set in Nov. and chapter 1 picks up in Dec., so I am considering rereading it in "real time"--this year already!
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