Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared off the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family. There was no corpse, no witnesses, no evidence. But her uncle, Henrik, is convinced that she was murdered by someone in her own family - the deeply dysfunctional Vanger clan. Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomqvist is hired to investigate, but when he links Harriet's disappearance to a string of gruesome murders from forty years ago, he needs a competent assistant - and he gets one: computer hacker Lisbeth Salander - a tattoed, truculent, angry girl who rides a motorbike like a Hell's Angel and handles makeshift weapons with the skill born of remorseless rage. This unlikely pair form a fragile bond as they delve into the sinister past of this island-bound, tightly-knit family. But the Vangers are a secretive lot, and Mikael and Lisbeth are about to find out just how far they're prepared to go to protect themselves - and each other.
This is a book that I'm boy too sure how to feel about. Both the beginning and the ending seemed to drag on, while the middle kept your interest for the most part. There was a lot of unnecessary details in this book that I found myself skimming over most the time. This lead to to having to reread a few things at times because I missed out on something. The characters were fun for the most part. I had a few issues with the scenarios that happened the way they did, but to remain spoiler free, I'll keep those out. The conclusion to the mystery was less than thrilling for me. But that might have been because of the spacing of it all. For the most part, I enjoyed this book, though.
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