The Girl Who Played With Fire

"The title kinda remind me of Drew Barrymore movie 'Firestarter' but this book is nothing like the movie and its on a whole different track altogether..."

Title: The Girl Who Played With Fire
Author: Stieg Larson (dead and famous)
Genre: Suspense thriller, Investigative, Smut, Drama.

What I like about the second book is that the author justified Lisbeth Salander existence. It's all about her history and her character development from the last. Her sorta subdued and keep-to-herself attitude changed to a more approachable and I slightly sense some warmer feelings towards her character than before. She got herself new boobs (bigger), a new apartment and many more things.

The plot heightens when she was wrongly accused for a triple homicide at two different locations. The Detectives are pretty one sided in their investigation and shift all the blames on Gothic, punk-ish and social retard Lisbeth Salander. It got interesting when the mystery slowly (painfully) unfold and Lisbeth who was supposed to be innocent was actually closely related to the Murder cases which may caused her problem later on. The story ended in a total cliffhanger, it left Lisbeth half dead in a hospital.

"No spoiler, Lisbeth still kicked ass, new taste in sex, ignored Mikael Blomkvist (applaud), faced her nightmare and in coma..."

The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo

"I'm pretty pumped and irritated so here I go...no spoiler alert, you should read it yourself for details *evil laugh..."

Title: The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo
Author: Stieg Larson (dead and famous)
Genre: Mystery, Drama, Psychological, Thriller, Tragedy, Romance.

First read was definitely intense and a challenge. The book starts with a 3 decades worth of mystery and the plot thickens and take a sharp twist towards the end, and the ending left me out dry and thirst for more.

First main character. I hate Michale Blomkvist. Despite of being a straight lace, honest and a credible journalist of incredible passion for justice. Definitely a guy you don't want to fall in love with but you can't deny attracted to his frivolous sex live, charm and suave attitude. Nevertheless, I can't hate him forever.

Meanwhile, I found myself attached to Lisbeth Salander, a really quiet and complicated woman. Despite her personal issues, the author gave her charm by giving her BRAIN and rebellious nature! In a glance she defies every essence for a perfect heroine and she is far from your everyday girl-next-door. Yet you just can't stop loving her.

When both characters meet in the middle of the novel. The plot took a turning point where excitement builds up and everything went fast phase. I really thought it was a family friendly type of novel but as I flip pages gory images flashes in my brain... (*shudders)

"it feels like watching 'Criminal Mind' the series and 'Swordfish' the movie. Nevertheless, the best impact was when Lisbeth Salander is in love with the wrong guy. I was really hoping that it would turns out great for her but of course we are talking about him...the 'Practical Pig'...*sigh"