LAarsen - " girl and hornets nest" debacle

[HelloThisIsJoanie]

anyone find this really hard to read
loved 1 and 2

gave up on this after 117 pages

yep I too seem to have given up number 3 although I loved 1 and 2

oh i am so glad
there were too many people in it, i couldnt remember who everyone was and tbh i stopped caring
the story took so long to get going etc

Yes it felt like someone had taken the other two books, mashed them together and come up with something not very coherent

Yes! I was beginning to worry I was the only one who thought this.
From what I read he died just after it was handed to his publisher, maybe he still had revisions/editing to do?

There just wasn't enough of Lisbeth in this book for my liking.

now remind me...hornets nest is the sex trafficking plot?

You do have to persevere - I had exactly the same thing with the name confusion, but then suddenly it all clicked into place and I was gripped.

But a bit too much stuff on the history of Swedish government - I felt like I was reading a text book at times. It needed some sharper editing.

It didn't add anything new, just seemed to rehash the plot of the previous two. Too much of Erika Berger too, I don't like that woman.

I agree I really didn't like Erika at all.
TBF I did like ending, I felt it was fairly realistic but there was an awful lot of waffling.

Sophable yes thats the sex traffic one.

But you don't get the conclusion to book two if you don't read book three. To be fair, all three took a while to get going but they're all worth persevering with.

Matt thats very true, IMO you need to read all 3 to get a clear picture of the 2nd book.

I've found this site interesting
www.stieglarsson.com/Millennium-series
especially the part about the 4th book, would love to know what his overall vision was, maybe someday it will be published.

Such a shame he never got the write all 10. I would have loved another one after Hornet's Nest.

Did you get that deck working, btw?

Hi, yes I did, thanks. But it's a hell of a faff just recording one song, isn't it? Especially when the record skips and you've got to go back and take out all the dodgy bits.
I'm sure it will get easier with practice though.

what's wrong with erika???

i read it in bed wtih cocoa. press on, you can't give up now!

i expect the other 7 will get written a la virginia andrews.

Fishie Virgina Andrews , you lost me?
It's been said that his DP was a big influence on the writing, it's possible she might be able to give an outline of what might have been.

Erika I dunno just didn't warm to her.

well i aint reading it
tlel me what happens

I enjoyed it. couldn't putit down. press on and you'll get engrossed.

i liked the insight into what is ok in swedish culture (teenage sex, drugs, getting pissed, casual racism) and what is not (they are right po faced about politics)

almostreal v andrews a thorough account for you.

Bloody hell had no idea she was dead I keep seeing current books of hers!!! Quite glad I never bought one of them.

I really enjoyed it. I do find it annoying that he has to sleep with all the women though.

Isn't it great that we are all different. I really enjoyed book three. I know it was a bit more "spy" based than the other two but I thought it brought everything together. In fact I have suggested that my son reads book three first. I agree, I'm not to keen on Erika, I find her a little too aggressive in getting her own needs met. Perhaps I'm just jealous.

I think I've been put off this now.

I enjoyed 1, but found 2 was a bit.... unrealistic

Is coffee drinking still prolific in 3 ?

I have not read it yet, b ut enhoyed 1na d 2. I dont like Erica B either, selfish and a two timer, not a character females would typically like, love Lisbeth though

Carrotfly, yes, much coffee drinking
Frosti, reading book 3 first would be hugely confusing. It ties up everything that happened in books 1&2. Your son won't have a clue what's going on!