Angela C. (athensang) reviewed on 7/20/2010 + 4 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I just couldn't get through this book. I was really willing to read through 200 pages of exposition and complicated, often tedious, build up, but once I hit the first gratuitously graphic act of sexual violence against women, I was done. I appreciate that Stieg Lasson writes the beginning of each section statistics on violence against women, but I will not feel like a voyeuristic participant in these acts for entertainment. I am not advocating censorship, and believe there is a place for talented writers to intelligently chronicle the effects of sexual violence. Just don't look for that type of complexity in this novel.

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