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So, I read 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'

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ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 09/02/2011 12:39

And I didn't rate it. At all. Am I missing something? Why is is amazing?

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BehindLockNumberNine · 09/02/2011 16:21

I have definately read better books. Much better books. That said, I read The girl with the Dragon Tatoo and the next one in the series whilst we had the builders in and we had no TV / internet connection etc. So I would have read anything even the yellow pages cover to cover!
I enjoyed the first one, liked the second one a bit more but just cannot be bothered with the third one. Is it worth perservering and getting the third one?

ClaireDeLoon · 09/02/2011 16:19

I didn't really enjoy it either. It just felt overly padded, like someone had forgotten to cut out the irrelevent and uninteresting bits.

I like the Jo Nesbo books though.

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ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 09/02/2011 16:17

I liked 'Room', but the first half was better than the second imo.

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CatIsSleepy · 09/02/2011 16:17

yup first half really quite dull, second half more exciting but a bit silly

BeatriceLaBranche · 09/02/2011 16:15

actually

BeatriceLaBranche · 09/02/2011 16:15

I thought the same. It did pass the time , but I can't say I felt as enamoured with it as other people seem to be.

You may be able to ignore me though, because although I thought Room was an ok book, I acutally felt guilty that I didn't like it more.

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ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 09/02/2011 15:47

PMSL at my freudian slip (apt, though) Grin

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ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 09/02/2011 15:46

So worth perservering Kangaroo? I just found tit very hard to like the main male character, and Lisbeth wasn't really in it 'til the end. Also saw the end coming by miles.

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KangarooCaught · 09/02/2011 12:59

Thought small parts of GWADT were pacy but the first 130 pages dragged terribly and the mystery was slow-going and had a rather hackneyed resolution. That said imo the second and third in trilogy were corkers.

Francagoestohollywood · 09/02/2011 12:54

I read it too and was really disappointed. Perhaps something gets lost in the English translation?
I think it was like so many other thrillers I have already read. A bit trite, really.

kreecherlivesupstairs · 09/02/2011 12:49

I tried to read the girl with the dragon tattoo. So you are already 100% better than me.
DH loved all three (or four) in the series. I just couldn't be arsed and lost the will to live after about 30 pages.
There are plenty of other good books around.

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