The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest: Stieg Larsson (a Dragon Tattoo story)
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Goodbye, Stieg Larsson. I have only gotten to know your books more than eleven years after your untimely death, but they will continue to have a thought-provoking impact on me and my reading experiences. The "Millennium" series is one of the most famous Scandinavian thriller books, but only attained its status after the author's early death. While dealing with the disentanglement of a complex mystery, it can also be described as three novels full of social criticism, full of character studies and references and explanations referring to the Swedish polity. It is no easy job to find a plotline so intricate and tricky, where you would usually have to make notes on every little detail (which I didn't - but I can only advise you not to take my laziness as an example, because following each of the interspersed details will help you with understanding the story), and Stieg Larsson's books are most certainly not created for entertainment only - they keep their readers thinking, guessing and reading on. Stieg Larsson is by far not the best writer I've encountered up to now. On the contrary, his writing style is quite lame and lacks any emotional connection to the characters; most of the time, he simply lists up their activities and does not waste too much time on following their thoughts. Larsson constantly switches between attempting to get into his protagonists' heads and returning to his comfortable viewpoint of the omniscient narrator (the latter for about 90% of the time). And yet, his characters are so complex and well-developed, and I can't help but feel for them. How does he do this? His style couldn't be more clinical, and yet there are so many characters I caught myself rooting for, so many characters I learned to know well during the course of these books. My guess is that it is the way he introduces us to every aspect of their life. Having to read about a character buying furniture for five pages can be annoying, but it also allows us to escort the characters through their entire lives. It's (at least partly) the daily routine implemented into the complex plot which makes these books so appealing to me, because all of the characters have jobs to do, work to handle, and are bothered by everyday problems, and that's what makes them so realistic. One of the biggest issues I have with the "Millennium" series is the number of cast members. Only referring to the third book, there were 37 characters who affected the plot more or less significantly, and it didn't help that Stieg Larsson named three of his characters 'Monica' or 'Monika', two of them 'Sonny' and two of them 'Anders'. Fortunately, he often falls into the habit of referring to a character by his surname, which is usually alienating, but here it helps with retaining an overview on the different players. There is no need to summarize this book's plot for you. If you are reading this review, then you probably have also read [b:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327868566s/2429135.jpg|1708725] and [b:The Girl Who Played with Fire|5060378|The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351778881s/5060378.jpg|6976108], and if you haven't, you are strongly advised to consider doing so. In the very beginning, the "Millennium" series might seem like an ordinary crime trilogy, but during the course of the story, it turns out that these books are so much more than that. I did not like every choice Stieg Larsson made, I did not even like all the books. Sometimes I dozed off because of reading it, sometimes I couldn't to go to sleep because of reading it. These books are definitely not for everyone, but they are worth giving them a try. If only because of Lisbeth Salander, who must be one of the most complex and extensively developed characters of contemporary literature. Lisbeth, an excellent hacker with a unique appearance, is stamped as being socially incompetent, unintelligent and a danger to herself and the entirety of Sweden. Only a few people know that Lisbeth is the exact opposite - she only wants to live in neutrality and peace, is highly intelligent, and if anyone had to endure what has been done to Lisbeth, he would be glad of being only 'socially incompetent'. One of the best examples of strong female human beings, Lisbeth has become one of my favorite characters of all time, and that's perhaps the strongest reason for why I enjoyed most of the "Millennium" series so much. The other books in the "Millennium" series by Stieg Larsson: [b:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327868566s/2429135.jpg|1708725]: my review [b:The Girl Who Played with Fire|5060378|The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351778881s/5060378.jpg|6976108]: my review
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Goodbye, Stieg Larsson. I have only gotten to know your books more than eleven years after your untimely death, but they will continue to have a thought-provoking impact on me and my reading experiences. The "Millennium" series is one of the most famous Scandinavian thriller books, but only attained its status after the author's early death. While dealing with the disentanglement of a complex mystery, it can also be described as three novels full of social criticism, full of character studies and references and explanations referring to the Swedish polity. It is no easy job to find a plotline so intricate and tricky, where you would usually have to make notes on every little detail (which I didn't - but I can only advise you not to take my laziness as an example, because following each of the interspersed details will help you with understanding the story), and Stieg Larsson's books are most certainly not created for entertainment only - they keep their readers thinking, guessing and reading on. Stieg Larsson is by far not the best writer I've encountered up to now. On the contrary, his writing style is quite lame and lacks any emotional connection to the characters; most of the time, he simply lists up their activities and does not waste too much time on following their thoughts. Larsson constantly switches between attempting to get into his protagonists' heads and returning to his comfortable viewpoint of the omniscient narrator (the latter for about 90% of the time). And yet, his characters are so complex and well-developed, and I can't help but feel for them. How does he do this? His style couldn't be more clinical, and yet there are so many characters I caught myself rooting for, so many characters I learned to know well during the course of these books. My guess is that it is the way he introduces us to every aspect of their life. Having to read about a character buying furniture for five pages can be annoying, but it also allows us to escort the characters through their entire lives. It's (at least partly) the daily routine implemented into the complex plot which makes these books so appealing to me, because all of the characters have jobs to do, work to handle, and are bothered by everyday problems, and that's what makes them so realistic. One of the biggest issues I have with the "Millennium" series is the number of cast members. Only referring to the third book, there were 37 characters who affected the plot more or less significantly, and it didn't help that Stieg Larsson named three of his characters 'Monica' or 'Monika', two of them 'Sonny' and two of them 'Anders'. Fortunately, he often falls into the habit of referring to a character by his surname, which is usually alienating, but here it helps with retaining an overview on the different players. There is no need to summarize this book's plot for you. If you are reading this review, then you probably have also read [b:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327868566s/2429135.jpg|1708725] and [b:The Girl Who Played with Fire|5060378|The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351778881s/5060378.jpg|6976108], and if you haven't, you are strongly advised to consider doing so. In the very beginning, the "Millennium" series might seem like an ordinary crime trilogy, but during the course of the story, it turns out that these books are so much more than that. I did not like every choice Stieg Larsson made, I did not even like all the books. Sometimes I dozed off because of reading it, sometimes I couldn't to go to sleep because of reading it. These books are definitely not for everyone, but they are worth giving them a try. If only because of Lisbeth Salander, who must be one of the most complex and extensively developed characters of contemporary literature. Lisbeth, an excellent hacker with a unique appearance, is stamped as being socially incompetent, unintelligent and a danger to herself and the entirety of Sweden. Only a few people know that Lisbeth is the exact opposite - she only wants to live in neutrality and peace, is highly intelligent, and if anyone had to endure what has been done to Lisbeth, he would be glad of being only 'socially incompetent'. One of the best examples of strong female human beings, Lisbeth has become one of my favorite characters of all time, and that's perhaps the strongest reason for why I enjoyed most of the "Millennium" series so much. The other books in the "Millennium" series by Stieg Larsson: [b:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327868566s/2429135.jpg|1708725]: my review [b:The Girl Who Played with Fire|5060378|The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2)|Stieg Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351778881s/5060378.jpg|6976108]: my review