Ouch!
By Preston Sinclair
Anyone who has ever been stung by a hornet knows what it's like to read Larsson's 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest'. It's painful.
Stieg Larsson's Scandinavian wit is as dry as unbuttered toast. The first third of this novel consists of boring meetings between idiotic bureaucrats rehashing the story for people who may not have read 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'. I swear, all people do in Sweden is drink coffee and eat sandwiches. The problem was that Salander's injuries were so devastating that Larsson made the reader wait while she recuperated.
The second third consists of sub plots that may help to develop characters such as Berger, yet they do little to move the story forward. Blomkvist is again distant and removed and even a silly love affair fail to pique the reader's interest. The only chemistry is between Salander and Blomkvist. Unfortunately, they are separated for almost the entire book and only interact on the internet.
The strange denouement seems like it was written for a different novel. My favorite part of the story is when Niedermann finally rears his ugly head. He was such a great bogey man. In some ways he and Salander were a lot alike.
Larsson eventually lets the reader inside Salander's head and we realize that it's not a fun place to be. It's dark and scary. Salander finally shows her true colors. The truth is that she was capable of many of the things for which the prosecution tried to accuse her. Yet, it's still not a crime to be human.
"That's when the hornet stung me."
Ahead By A Century
The Tragically hip.
Ahead By A Century
The Tragically hip.
Anyone who has ever been stung by a hornet knows what it's like to read Larsson's 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest'. It's painful.
Stieg Larsson's Scandinavian wit is as dry as unbuttered toast. The first third of this novel consists of boring meetings between idiotic bureaucrats rehashing the story for people who may not have read 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'. I swear, all people do in Sweden is drink coffee and eat sandwiches. The problem was that Salander's injuries were so devastating that Larsson made the reader wait while she recuperated.
The second third consists of sub plots that may help to develop characters such as Berger, yet they do little to move the story forward. Blomkvist is again distant and removed and even a silly love affair fail to pique the reader's interest. The only chemistry is between Salander and Blomkvist. Unfortunately, they are separated for almost the entire book and only interact on the internet.
The strange denouement seems like it was written for a different novel. My favorite part of the story is when Niedermann finally rears his ugly head. He was such a great bogey man. In some ways he and Salander were a lot alike.
Larsson eventually lets the reader inside Salander's head and we realize that it's not a fun place to be. It's dark and scary. Salander finally shows her true colors. The truth is that she was capable of many of the things for which the prosecution tried to accuse her. Yet, it's still not a crime to be human.
