The Girl who Played with Fire - (Millennium Trilogy Book 2)

A Review

Author: Stieg Larsson

512 pages

List Price: Rs. 380

My review of this book is again right on. But before I shed more light on the same here is some background info on the author.

Stieg Larsson (1954-2004) was a Swedish writer and journalist who passed away in 2004. Prior to his death he finished three novels (Genre: detective novels) in his trilogy "The Millenium-series" all of which were published posthumously. They are:

1. "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo",
2. "The Girl Who Played With Fire" and
3. "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest"

You can read more about the author here: http://www.stieglarsson.com/

Let me get back to the book and talk about my thoughts on the same. This book, part – 2 in the three book series is again a complete page turner and a thriller.

I give the author a 4.5 on 5 for packing another great thriller in the 500 plus pages.

This book starts where the first book left off. It begins with Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist going their separate ways and Blomkovist having revived his career as a top financial journalist.

Soon enough you get a taste of the wizardry of Stieg Larsson when he spuns the story quickly and makes Lisbeth Salander the ‘most wanted’, fugitive woman of the country. And guess what Mikael Blomkovist comes to the defense of this woman for whom all have the vilest of thoughts and comments to share.

From here on the story moves ahead in rapid strides that make the book almost impossible to put down.

The only downside is that a person who would start into this series from this book, Book no. – 2 might find it a little touch to cope up with the who’s who of the novels’ characters.

Apart from that this book is a must read! As always, you read and decide! My final verdict: 4 on 5.