Uomini che odiano le donne. Millennium

I've heard and read many complaints about Stieg Larsson 's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo : 1. It's misogynistic. 2. It's packed with cliché. 3. It's too convoluted. 4. It's too disturbing. 5. Lisbeth wasn't autistic enough or was foolishly autistic. 6. There were too many red herrings, and the damn Nazi Leggi tutto

I really don't understand the critical orgasms over this book. Amazon pushed it on me for weeks, and the minute I stepped into Borders an employee ran over and recommended it. Thinking, this really better be the best book I've ever read, I took it up to the checkstand, where the register guy asked:

I'm very late to this party but... best mystery I've read in a while!

Buckle up. It's gonna be...a slow ride until about halfway through. Then it's hairpin turn after hairpin turn at breakneck speed. Whiplash. This book was a bit difficult to get into. Mikael Blomkvist (a journalist) is sentenced to jail for liable. He knows he's right. His team knows he's right. But t Leggi tutto

WARNING! This is going to be a long TED Talk because: I could talk about this book all day without breathing pauses and I’d still not finish everything I want to say about it. 4.45/5 ⭐ for this one because I couldn't convince myself to give it 5 stars, no idea why though. Full review on my Blog: Leggi tutto

Hey, kids, if you like books in which the only major descriptive moments happen during sexual torture scenes, where major characters lack motive, and where the red herrings...stink ... this book's for you! I may feel less strongly after a few days, but I am having a hard time believing this book has Leggi tutto

An aging industrialist is looking to solve the riddle of a lifetime, looking to uncover a mystery from decades ago. He takes on a journalist with a honourable heart, and a record of trying to take on the dark-side of corporate Sweden; and then there's the diminutive, asocial, delinquent and frankly