The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

Title: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Author: Stieg Larsson
Series: Millennium Trilogy - Book 2
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Kindle

From Goodreads: Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge—against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.
What I thought: So having sorted the whole Kindle issue, I dived into this as soon as I could. My honest opinion - I think Larsson just got better with each book. It was a bit hard keeping all the players straight, but repeated references to who they worked for (The Section, SIS, Sapo, Milton, Millennium) helped keep me on track. And as with any book translated from another language, the names took a bit of getting use to, especially when a couple of them were similar.

If I have any beef with these books it's the suspension of disbelief you need to employ if you have any knowledge of IT security. (and I do, it's a field my husband works in). I know Lisbeth Salander is suppose to be an absolute genius at this stuff, but the ease with which she gets in, navigates and never gets caught - kinda hard to swallow - and the sole reason I will not recommend these books to my husband - he'd drive me crazy explaining why she couldn't do what she does! Apart from that - great reads and I will be watching the movies!

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

Title: The Girl Who Played With Fire
Author: Stieg Larsson
Series: Millennium Trilogy - Book 2
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Kindle

From Goodreads: The Expose Millennium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with an investigation into sex trafficking, Blomkvist cannot resist waging war on the powerful figures who control this lucrative industry.
The Murder When a young couple are found dead in their Stockholm apartment, it's a straightforward job for Inspector Bublanski and his team. The killer left the weapon at the scene - and the fingerprints on the gun point to only one direction.
The Girl Who Played with Fire Ex-security analyst Lisbeth Salander is wanted for murder. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behavior makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she can break into almost any network she chooses...

What I thought:  I read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo almost 12 months ago - after most of the hype had died down and I enjoyed it. I agreed with most of the reviews I'd read - slow to start, but unputdownable once you got  into it. What I didn't experience was the burning need to read the second.
Spending a week and a bit on an island camping is a perfect setting for good holiday reading so I finally opened The Girl Who Played with Fire on my Kindle and WOW! I actually enjoyed this a lot more than the first one. Salander and Blomkvist appeared to be completely unconnected at the beginning, leaving me desperately wanting to find out how their seemingly separate stories were going to connect. And then once they did I only wanted to know how the whole thing resolved itself.
As I said, perfect holiday reading. - and this one did leave me hungry for the next one. Unfortunately my Kindle decided to start playing up - freezing and needing to be rebooted every 5 -10 mins. After going through the last 10% of Fire with this issue, I gave up 2% into The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. A new Kindle was bought on our return home - stay tuned for book 3!

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