I am a sucker for sequels..

The 2nd and 3rd of the Stieg Larsson trilogy are really one book. Stop when you have finished the first, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and prepare yourself to read two books in a row. Otherwise, just don’t start The Girl who Played with Fire at all.

I read that the genre “suspense” is when the reader does not know what’s going on and the protagonist in the book does, thriller the other way around, and mystery when neither know. Stieg Larsson masterfully mixed all three with subplots and intertwined threads. All the while he kept the characters vivid and, damn him, heart gripping. You would smile, frown, worry, loath, or cheer for them. Then you realize that you have pulled an all-nighter finishing the books. Very cool.

At the end, you knew that Larsson was tying up the loose ends. I felt excited that there will be closures for everything. Then he ended with the biggest one un-tied. I closed the book with a silent sigh. The characters wouldn’t allow the big closure and this is the only way, no matter how much I wanted it.

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