To be honest, it's hard to read the Dragon Tattoo trilogy and not feel exhausted by it all. It's not exactly Lord of the Rings, I'll grant you that, but the interminable Swedish names - people and places, coupled with Stieg Larsson's attention to detail (or his "narrative excess", as Publisher's Weekly describes it).
I've spent too long on this third book, having started it months ago and been sidetracked by other books and games, which has added to its dragged-out-ness.
This conclusion to Larsson's trilogy continues the story of Lisbeth Salander, shot in the head in the final pages of the last book,
alive, though still the prime suspect in three murders in Stockholm. Meanwhile, journalist Mikael Blomkvist
works to unravel the crimes alongside the police, both public and secret.
Now that the Daniel Craig / Dragon Tattoo movie is out, I had to sprint through the final pages of Hornet's Nest before switching from deep and moody Swedish to, presumably, something completely different.
We'll see.
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