alexmalkovart

Maybe it was me reading this after all the hype, but I just didn't love this book. I didn't like that it took nearly 400 pages of exposition and complication to get to the climax of the plot, and about 150 pages of page-turning action to speed through the anticlimax and denouement. And despite the 400 pages of exposition, I really don't think the reader got to know Blomkvist's character all. Salander's character was better developed and likable, despite the fact that she wasn't supposed to be. The last 2 pages were the best part, not because it was simply the end of the book, but because it was unexpected and expected at the same time, and I appreciate that the ending was a little messy instead of wrapped up in a pretty shiny bow. Not sure that I'll pick up the next 2 in this trilogy. If so, I won't be purchasing them.

2022-10-29 03:51