The author Stieg Larsson is Swedish born, which explains a lot of the way he writes. First of all the names in the book were distracting. The main character Mikel Blomkvist which I supposed resembles Larsson himself, name needs to be changed to Michael Bloomquist. All during the book, I just kept reading him as Michael and will do so here. The first 100 pages were somewhat a yawner. Come on now, when are we going to get to the goods? I knew it was some kind of murder mystery, but the mystery doesn't appear on the scene until we have to learn all about Bloomquist financial down fall from his magazine empire, which has little bearing on the story itself. Michael is called to investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, the young heiress to one of Sweden's wealthiest families. The octogenarian uncle persuades Michael to live on the island for a year to investigate the mystery. It is here that the book starts becoming interesting, finally! Michael enlist the help of a tattoo genius hacker, Lisbeth whose own personal life is in shambles. The two team up to cipher clues to the mystery and uncover something much more sinister and evil. A good bedtime read and will probably make a great movie along the likes of Silence of the Lambs. I think I'll wait for the dvd release, I want to sleep at night.
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