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The Girl Who Played With Fire (Millennium #2)
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What I learned from this book (in no particular order):
1. Swedish billionaires furnish their multi-million dollar apartments with IKEA --- well, at least ONE peculiar Swedish billionaire.
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Poang Chair $40
2. Asperger's Syndrome may give you the idea that a T-shirt that says ‘I’M AN ALIEN� is acceptable office wear, but also photographic memory and phenomenal mathematical ability.
3. "Sweden is one of the countries that imports the most prostitutes per capita from Russia and the Baltics". Naughty Swedes.
4. The best computer in the world is a Mac, but no matter what computer you have, Asphyxia WILL suck up all your digital secrets.
5. You can live on Billy's Pan Pizza for days on end and STILL look like an anorexic teenager.
6. All rapists and violent sex offenders should have these words tattooed on their stomachs: "I AM A SADISTIC PIG, A PERVERT AND A RAPIST". The tattoo should be done by an amateur and not be removable even by laser. Repeat offenders will be tattooed on their foreheads. It is recommended that the subject be tasered first before undergoing this involuntary procedure.
7. "There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer". Buy a good-sized one from the hardware store and keep it in your bag always.

8. Failing that, a girl must always have the following ready:
a. keys (to scratch an opponent's face);
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b. a can of mace, though it's illegal in Sweden; and

c. a taser (a 50,000 volts jolt to the crotch will incapacitate even the burliest of men).

9. "Men could be as big as a house and made of granite, but they all had balls in the same place". A crucial fact to remember in a fight, especially if you are fighting a 300 pounds, six foot six giant with hands as big as frying pans.

POTENTIAL SPOILER
10. A cigarette case is a useful tool for digging yourself out of a grave.

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What I learned from this book (in no particular order):
1. Swedish billionaires furnish their multi-million dollar apartments with IKEA --- well, at least ONE peculiar Swedish billionaire.
[image error]
Poang Chair $40
2. Asperger's Syndrome may give you the idea that a T-shirt that says ‘I’M AN ALIEN� is acceptable office wear, but also photographic memory and phenomenal mathematical ability.
3. "Sweden is one of the countries that imports the most prostitutes per capita from Russia and the Baltics". Naughty Swedes.
4. The best computer in the world is a Mac, but no matter what computer you have, Asphyxia WILL suck up all your digital secrets.
5. You can live on Billy's Pan Pizza for days on end and STILL look like an anorexic teenager.
6. All rapists and violent sex offenders should have these words tattooed on their stomachs: "I AM A SADISTIC PIG, A PERVERT AND A RAPIST". The tattoo should be done by an amateur and not be removable even by laser. Repeat offenders will be tattooed on their foreheads. It is recommended that the subject be tasered first before undergoing this involuntary procedure.
7. "There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer". Buy a good-sized one from the hardware store and keep it in your bag always.

8. Failing that, a girl must always have the following ready:
a. keys (to scratch an opponent's face);
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b. a can of mace, though it's illegal in Sweden; and

c. a taser (a 50,000 volts jolt to the crotch will incapacitate even the burliest of men).

9. "Men could be as big as a house and made of granite, but they all had balls in the same place". A crucial fact to remember in a fight, especially if you are fighting a 300 pounds, six foot six giant with hands as big as frying pans.


POTENTIAL SPOILER
10. A cigarette case is a useful tool for digging yourself out of a grave.

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Hahaha --- I'm glad you like it, Elizabeth. Some of the quotes are hilarious, though there are plenty of gore and darkness in the story.


I read about the widow having the laptop where the manuscript of the 4th novel is stored, but she is now in a legal dispute with Larsson's family. As long as they're still quarelling, we won't see that manuscript published in any form. Too bad.


Glad you like the review, Shea! The book is a load of fun, isn't it?


If you go to amazon.co.uk you can order it. Might pay more in shipping, but at least you wouldn't have to wait until it's released in late May!

If you go to amazon.co.uk you can order it. Might pay more in shipping, but at least you wouldn't have to wait until it's released in..."
Thanks for the tip. I ordered it this way yesterday.

Thanks. In my reviews, I generally try to avoid plot spoilers. I consider any spoiler that might be in this one to be mild ones. They won't destroy your enjoyment of the story. However, if you haven't read the book and want to avoid ANY spoilers, you might consider not reading it.


Thanks for your comment.

Sandybanks: I'm one of those folks who likes to know nothing about a book that would allow me to anticipate any of the plot -- I'm a writer myself and so I can often figure out plot points in advance... though this book surprised me! I try not to read reviews in advance at all, but I would argue that your point 10 gives the savvy reader a bit of info, since a particular character receives a memorable cigarette case early in the book.
Fun review, nonetheless!
Has anyone heard that the first book has been bought as the basis for a film? I thought I read that somewhere.

I've put up a spoiler warning ahead of item # 10. I hope that will keep savvy readers from getting a hint, vague though it is, about the plot.
If I'm not wrong, all three books have been made into movies by a Swedish company. It's rumored that there is going to be a Hollywood remake.

Oh - and I didn't mind your spoiler!
3. "Sweden is one of the countries that imports the most prostitutes per capita from Russia and the Baltics". Naughty Swedes.
And Italians too... Naughty Italians
Great review. Just read the first one and can't wait to read this one too!!
And Italians too... Naughty Italians
Great review. Just read the first one and can't wait to read this one too!!

And Italians too... Naughty Italians
Great review. Just read the firs..."
Berlusconi is a naughty Italian man. lol
Thanks, Hayes. I actually think that this second book is the best in the series.
*rubbing hands together*
will now go check my position in the bookring!!
will now go check my position in the bookring!!




Thanks. : )

Thanks, Zorro. I'd be interested in hearing about your opinion on the third book.

Also, in Sweden Michael Blomkvist is totally the hottest dude. It seems like all women of all walks are totally in love with him!!!

Also, in Sweden Michael Blomkvist is totally the hottest dude. It seems like all women of all walks are totally in love with him!!!"
Glad you like it!
I made a comment about Blomkvist being a hot dude despite being a middle-aged, out of shape journalist in my review of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.



They do drink lots of coffee, do they? But how to incorporate that into the list in a humorous way? I'll think of it. : )


Mr. Larrson also like to extol the advantages of having a Mac (as opposed to a PC?) and a Jura Impressa coffee machine (if I remember correctly). lol