The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Quercus (Paperback), 2009
599 Pages
This book is part of my Popsugar Reading Challenge 2015. The category for this book is ‘a trilogy’.
BLURB FROM THE COVER
THE TRIAL
Lisbeth Salander, outsider and apparent enemy of society, is charged with attempted murder. In addition, the state has determined that she is mentally unstable and should be locked away in an institution once again.
THE ENEMY
Pulling the strings behind the state’s prosecution is the inner circle of the Swedish security police. Only with Blomkvist’s help can Salander avoid the fate they have decided for her and expose the secrets they are protecting.
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST
Lisbeth Salander has been abused by a system supposedly designed to protect. And yet she is the one person whose intransigence and limitless bloody-mindedness can provoke the disruption of the Swedish secret state. This final volume of the Millennium Trilogy is the culmination of one of the most mesmerising fictional achievements of our time.
EXTRACT
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gersac raised the nose of his helicopter and altered his course a few degrees to the south-south-west. The chopper shuddered from another blast of wind which he struggled to counter. Gersac looked to the west and saw the lights of Kungalv, and then he looked to the horizon, out towards Skagerrak. He saw a long, threatening black rim dividing the sea and the sky. He saw three almost simultaneous flashes of lightning, a few miles apart.
REVIEW
I thought The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest was great. This novel doesn’t start off as a good as the other two books in the Millennium Trilogy. I found the first 300+ pages quite dull at times. The plot seemed to drag on at times without going anywhere. Interesting enough, Lisbeth barely features in the first 400 pages of the novel which is odd considering what an important character she is. There seemed to be a lot of sub plots that could have been cut completely at no great loss such as Erika Berger’s new job and stalker issues. Lisbeth takes center stage again after 400+ pages. From this moment The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest shines and is even better than The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. I thought the ending with Lisbeth’s trial was brilliant. The epilogue was a treat as well. This was a great end to a great trilogy.
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