The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

My blog friend was right. I was on the fence about reading it. Sports Illustrated's Peter King had recommended it. I almost never agree with King. As if that warning wasn't enough, my friend, Kem, was even more forceful in swaying me away from it. His is the first comment at the link. Thanksgiving at Katie's was very pleasant and the book came up. We talked about it for a few minutes. As Patsy and I were leaving, she gave me her paperback and I was on the hook.

There are three main plots in the book. One is the disappearance of a girl. The resolution was not at all surprising because what was thought to have happened to her was never convincing. The second was the discovery of an unknown serial killer. That one was revealed and resolved about 200 pages from the end. The third, least interesting plot was about a financial empire one of the main characters wanted to ruin. It was basically a 200 page epilogue and I hate epilogues. The only remotely interesting character in a book full of dull characters is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Minor Spoiler Alert: That description and that title have no bearing on anything. It would be in the wood pellet stove this morning if it were mine. I'll gladly bring it back, Katie. :)

PS - The movie will almost certainly be better.

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