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Another splendid review!!! Great job!!!

Two sentences? This might be your longest review yet Jayson :P

Awesome review jayson! Glad this book stood up to your liking well :)

Adila wrote: "Another splendid review!!! Great job!!!"

Thank you very much, Adila!

Malum wrote: "Two sentences? This might be your longest review yet Jayson :P"

Actually, all my reviews are exactly the same length (or close to it) as you can see in this picture: /photo/user/.... Regarding punctuation, believe it or not, I've even written three-sentence reviews :)

Shruti Pandey wrote: "Awesome review jayson! Glad this book stood up to your liking well :)"

Thanks a lot, Shruti! I appreciate it! This is one of my favorites :)

Jayson wrote: "Malum wrote: "Two sentences? This might be your longest review yet Jayson :P"

Actually, all my reviews are exactly the same length (or close to it) as you can see in this picture: ..."

Yup, just teasin' you a bit :)

Malum wrote: "Yup, just teasin' you a bit :)"

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I liked the whole series, as well as the follow ups after Stieg Larsson died. Glad to see you liked it as well.

Rick wrote: "I liked the whole series, as well as the follow ups after Stieg Larsson died. Glad to see you liked it as well."

Thanks a lot, Rick! I haven't read the continuation novels, but I do own the first one and mean to read it sometime soon.

My favorite. I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the series. The second one is my favorite.

a Transylvania feel That's it! Like that episode of the Twilight Zone set in a gulag.

Beatrice wrote: "My favorite. I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the series. The second one is my favorite."

Thank you very much, Beatrice! I enjoyed the second one a lot as well. I've not read the continuation novels by Lagercrantz, though I intend to eventually binge them all :)

Lori wrote: "a Transylvania feel That's it! Like that episode of the Twilight Zone set in a gulag."

Thanks a lot, Lori! I haven't seen that episode of The Twilight Zone, or don't recall it, but I'll be sure to see if there's a clip on YouTube later on :)

I really liked this one. But for some reason I never continued with the rest of the series...

MischaS_ wrote: "I really liked this one. But for some reason I never continued with the rest of the series..."

I enjoyed the other books, but I wouldn't say they’re essential if you felt like you wanted to stop here. They're actually very different from this one. This is more of a locked-room murder mystery, while the other two are a two-part crime drama. So, if you read the second book you would have to read the third, whereas this one's very much a stand-alone.

Rym wrote: "Nice review, Jayson! :)"

Thank you very much, Rym!

meital wrote: "I love this series! the best is yet to come :)"

Very glad to hear that, meital :)

Terry wrote: "You can smack my wrist... I've seen the movies, but haven't read the books. I loved the setting in the movies. I'd imagine the books are 10x better at least."

I've not seen the films yet, so I can't say directly, but I'm generally inclined to believe books are better. It's rare to find an adaptation that lives up to or exceeds the source material. Though I hear the films are excellent, and should probably see them before saying that for certain, there are always exceptions :)

You should watch the films, I am a huge Stieg Larsson fan, and I can say the films are really good. They manipulate the text differently but both are entertaining and use the atmosphere differently in what they do. There are changes in both films from the text, however they keep the main idea of the story. I enjoy both of them!

Glad you loved the book, Jason! I loved it as well, and I completely agree with A. M. about the films. They are great and each film is really worth watching. They both captured the cold and icy dismal atmosphere of the book and the actors in both films are great!!

Great short review!!😅

this might actually be the review that finally convinces me to read this haha

A. wrote: "You should watch the films, I am a huge Stieg Larsson fan, and I can say the films are really good. They manipulate the text differently but both are entertaining and use the atmosphere differently..."

Thanks for the recommendation! I will have to bump them to the top of my list of films to watch :)

Luvtoread wrote: "Glad you loved the book, Jason! I loved it as well, and I completely agree with A. M. about the films. They are great and each film is really worth watching. They both captured the cold and icy dis..."

Thank you very much, Luvtoread! I will certainly make a point to watch the movies at the next opportunity :)

Rachel wrote: "this might actually be the review that finally convinces me to read this haha"

Lol! I'm very happy to hear that, Rachel. If I did manage to tip the scales, I hope you have a good time with it 😁👍

Molly wrote: "Wow I've wanted to read this book for a while now and your review has made me put it on my priority list! Lovely review as always xx"

Thanks so much, Molly! I appreciate it. If you do get to it, I hope you like it as much as I did 😁👍

Nice review, Jayson! This has been a good surprise for me. I read the series times ago, after many suggestion by friends. An intriguing story, good plot and a tough female character. :)

Andrew wrote: "Nice review, Jayson! This has been a good surprise for me. I read the series times ago, after many suggestion by friends. An intriguing story, good plot and a tough female character. :)"

Thanks, Andrew! It was a surprise for me too how much I liked it. As well, the female lead may be one of the best single characters I've read in a long time.

Mr. Windup Bird wrote: "I wanted to read this, but it's another one of those I foolishly watched the movies first. I loved the movies, but I generally don't read books after I've watched the movie since I generally know w..."

I see where you're coming from. I think this is the reason I don't watch too many movies anymore. I'm always waiting to read the book first, not wanting to feel the regret you mention. I don't see too many films adapted from books as a result. 🤷‍♂��

When I watched the movie the entire time I was wondering how a non book reader might have felt because the movie was very difficult to understand without so many details that were chopped off.
The book is too huge to be made into one movie!
I loved this one a lot

Makrand wrote: "When I watched the movie the entire time I was wondering how a non book reader might have felt because the movie was very difficult to understand without so many details that were chopped off.
The..."

Glad to hear you loved this, Makrand! I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'll certainly look out for those points you mention when I do eventually see it :)

I saw the Swedish movie version once.

Joseph wrote: "I saw the Swedish movie version once."

Cool, I hear it's a good one.

I loved it! The twists, the turns!

FAITH wrote: "I loved it! The twists, the turns!"

Glad to hear that! I loved it too :)

@Jayson I think you have read the next book in the series too, were they equally intriguing?

Makrand wrote: "@Jayson I think you have read the next book in the series too, were they equally intriguing?"

The next two books are less mystery but more action. A different type of intriguing.

howww to open this?? Immaaa crazy shit

Allyzanicole wrote: "howww to open this?? Immaaa crazy shit"

Unfortunately, this site is not an online library or free e-book repository. You don't read books here, you only review and discuss books :)

Maya(Mimi) wrote: "jayson said:Unfortunatly this is not an ebook libary... *

Sos for that guy that u commemted with such a blunt reply
*And some more writing I forgot and language I can't understand ;)"

I don't know that my reply was so blunt... I used TWO whole sentences (commas and everything) ;)

Rachel (rumcleay) wrote: "You're pretentious."

Really? How so, Rachel? I'd love to know :)

I have heard so many great things about this book!

Uzair wrote: "I have heard so many great things about this book!"

Yes, it's one of those rare books that, back in the day, blew up to the point where everyone read it just to have an opinion about it.

I recommend this series often. Guess it’s time to read it again!

April wrote: "I recommend this series often. Guess it’s time to read it again!"

Happy you enjoyed it so much! This is one of my go-to recommendations as well :)

I found this book to be disturbing, suspenseful, and an amazing read.

Lynn wrote: "I found this book to be disturbing, suspenseful, and an amazing read."

Happy you enjoyed it 😁👍

One of my all time favorite series. Well the first three are. I wasn't a big fan of the fourth book when they got a different writer.

lacy wrote: "One of my all time favorite series. Well the first three are. I wasn't a big fan of the fourth book when they got a different writer."

Haven't even touched the last three, honestly. I have all the Lagercrantz books on my shelf, but never felt moved to read them yet.

Jayson wrote: "lacy wrote: "One of my all time favorite series. Well the first three are. I wasn't a big fan of the fourth book when they got a different writer."

Haven't even touched the last three, honestly. I..."

They are okay but the way he wrote Lisbeth really bothered me. I will still continue with the series because of how much I love them but it just sucks so much the original author passed and wasn't able to continue the series.