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Irene Trotta iretrtr — I have to admit that I did not expect to like this much. I don't really do the detective genre (far too prominent on TV, in my opinion). However, I was persuaded to read this by (a) almost-universally good reviews and (b) Amazon lowering their prices for the Kindle version to a price I was willing to pay on the off-chance it was as good as everyone said. The plot hook is simple. Blomkvist, a journalist, loses a libel case over a story he wrote, and his reputation, not to mention his freedom, suffers as a result. After leaving prison, he is approached by an elderly wealthy industrialist to write his family history and work on a cold case; the old man would like to find out what happened to his niece who went missing several decades earlier, before he dies. In return, Blomkvist would be paid for the job, and be given the evidence he needs to clear his name. Unable to publish another news story until his reputation was restored, Blomkvist reluctantly takes on the job. To assist him, the industrialist hires Salander, an wunderkind investigator with apparent autism, an eidetic memory, many useful skills and friends in low places, and an apparent attitude problem. The case is convoluted and wanders firmly into spy thriller territory. In this, although Blomkvist is nominally driving the story, Salander is the real engine in the plot, and quickly emerges as the more exciting character, with Blomkvist almost acting as her foil. Indeed, this is the direction that the author, Stieg Larsson, takes the story as the sequels are primarily about Salander, driven by her background, with Blomkvist playing a more supporting role. I devoured this book over a couple of nights. There were any things that shouldn't have worked for me. The character of Blomkvist is obviously a proxy for the author, also a principled journalist with enemies, but not to the point of being a Mary Sue charater. Salander is almost a male fantasy female cipher; headstrong, naive, thin, bisexual, sexually active and available. Despite this, it did work, mainly because the pacing is good, the plot is strong and the characterisations memorable. Blomkvist is a straight-up, thoughtful, principled, rational character, a moral force in the story. He does spend much of the story slightly bewildered, by the case and by Salander, who turns out to be very highly skilled, with an interesting tattoo and a mysterious and troubled past (almost a Mary Sue - perhaps proxying the author's long-term partner whom he couldn't marry due to his paranoia about what his enemies might do to her?). Salander seems to be naive and vulnerable (and in many ways, she is), slightly crazy, and definitely living on the fringes of society. As a ward of the courts, she has rather limited room for manoeuvre, and it is one of the problems that she has to solve; one she resolves in a dramatic manner. Her problem-solving approach is typically highly focused, but usually subtle and well-considered. The story slowly picks up the pace as it unfolds, and the twist at the end of the primary story thread is satisfying, and a little unexpected, given that one of the prominent themes in the story is that of the general attitude of abuse against women. All in all, a thoroughly good read that I enjoyed.

Zouweii Zouweii 69549844677a1 — Point of clarification: the first 2/3 of this book was enjoyable. I was really pretty surprised about Rockefeller's earlier years. However eventually, I got swamped in too much detail on the business operations. I couldn't finish the last third - so I can't speak to how it ends.