The book starts with a hint at a crime within the world of finance, which results in Mikael Blomkvist spending time in prison, then moves onto the crime of a missing person and then on to murder. But the central crimes discovered in the process of investigating the missing person are horrific and I am not sure I want to read about them again! This quote from the book completely sums it up:
Together with Mikael Blomkvist she had taken up the hunt for what they thought was a serial killer from the past. They had found something appallingly different. She could hardly imagine the horror's that must have played out in [spoiler] basement, in the midst of this well-ordered, idyllic spot.The book also considered the nature of a socially awkward young woman. Does she have Asperger's Syndrome as Blomkvist considers? Or is she just different? I wonder sometimes, with all the 'labels' that we have today, whether we are too quick to give people a label, a reason for their behaviour.
Wikipedia descibes Lisbeth as:
The survivor of a traumatic childhood, Salander is highly introverted, asocial and has difficulty connecting to people and making friends. She is particularly hostile to men who abuse women, and takes special pleasure in exposing and punishing them.I am still enjoying this book, but, as I said to a friend today, I'm not sure I would want to read the details of the crimes again. I am looking forward to reading The Girl Who Played With Fire in the near future.
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