I've Just Finished Reading

[Stargazer]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Are the next two as good, better or not so good?

[DaisyNonna]

As good.

[MadMen]

Not sure about the books, I discovered the films before them... which were fantastic!

[bednobs]

agree, as good but complicated

[anneasquith]

i have all 3, but couldnt get passed the first one, :(

[Sharingan]

I found them all quite good.

[LazyGun]

Worth reading the full trilogy. All have their moments :)

[woofgang]

I got through the first but can't do skawegian lit at all.

[piggynose]

not my cup of tea, something was missing imo

[jaynethepain]

Mr Jaynethepain says both better than the first and you must watch the films (the ones with subtitles) as they are very true to the books & brilliant!

[rojash]

Brilliant - all three.

[murraymints]

Have the original tv series shown in Sweden ? ...but not watched yet..it's been dubbed into English..that came before the film's I think..looks quite dark....

[bednobs]

it's not a tv series mm

[maggiebee]

Just as good - the tension rises. You must read them all, you'll not be disappointed.

[China Doll]

Second one is pretty dull, third one is ok. But I don't think any of them are that amazing to be honest.

[bibblebub]

bednobs, it was a tv series - the blu-ray boxset (which i have) includes all six episodes (each about an hour-and-a-half long) which were edited down in pairs to feature film length.

[ethandron]

The Swedish film of this is on film 4 tonight round about 11pm.
I've read all three books and seen this film. I agree with china, overly hyped I think although I enjoyed the film better than the book.

[shaneystar2]

Hard going . I think they've become a cult read .
There are much better Nordic Noir writers out there .

[China Doll]

Definitely Shaney :c)

The books were actually written with misogyny in mind, not to necessarily be a crime series exactly, the author died long before they became famous but I gather he was quite a good journalist and apparently one the things he was very anti was misogyny which is how the books came about. Something like that anyway, I remember watching a doc about this and other nordic noirs, was pretty good :c)

[LyndaB]

I absolutely loved all of them. I think the first one stands on it's own as a great whodunit, but you must read it before you read the others. I love them so much I have read them all four times, and will definitely read them again before long. Lisbeth Salander is my favourite literary heroine.

[quizzywig]

I read the first book but found the sex/violence just too much for me.