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Amazon.co.uk Review:
A young girl lies in a hospital room, her tattooed body very close to death -- there is a bullet lodged in her brain. Several rooms away is the man who tried to kill her, his own body grievously wounded from axe blows inflicted by the girl he has tried to kill. She is Lisbeth Salander, computer hacker and investigator, and the man is her father, a murderous Russian gangster. If Salander recovers from her injuries, she is more than likely to be put on trial for three murders -- the authorities regard her as a dangerous individual. But she won't see the inside of a courtroom if her father manages to kill her first.

This is the high-tension opening premise of the third book in Stieg Larsson’s phenomenally successful trilogy of crime novels which the late author (a crusading journalist) delivered to his publisher just before his death. But does it match up to its two electrifying predecessors, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl who Played with Fire? The success of Larsson’s remarkable sequence of books is, to some degree, unprecedented. Crime fiction in translation has, of course, made a mark before (notably with Peter Hoeg’s Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow, published, in fact, by Larsson's British publisher, Christopher MacLehose). But even the success of that book gave no hint of the juggernauts that the Salander books would be (the late author's secondary hero is the journalist Blomqvist -- who bears more than a passing resemblance to Stieg Larsson himself).

There are two overriding reasons for the hold that this massive trilogy has attained on the public: machine-tooled plotting which juggles the various narrative elements with a master's touch and (above all) the vividly realised character of Lisbeth Salander herself. She is something of a unique creation in the field of crime and thriller fiction: emotionally damaged, vulnerable and sociopathic (all of this concealed behind a forbidding Goth appearance), but she is also the ultimate survivor, somehow managing to stay alive despite the machinations of some deeply unpleasant villains (and the new book has a slew of those) as well as the hostility of often stupid establishment figures, who want her out of the picture quite as passionately as the bad guys. She is, of course, aided by the protective journalist Blomqvist, despite the fact that she had dumped him as a lover. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest brings together all the elements that have made the previous books of the sequence so successful. Its relentless pace may be a bit exhausting for some readers, but most will be happy to strap themselves in for the ride. It's just a shame that this will be the final book in the sequence (though conspiracy theorists are hinting that Larsson began another manuscript before his untimely death…) --Barry Forshaw

I could not wait for the paperback to come out to complete reading the trilogy.
I did of course enjoy the book and feel sorry that there will be no more.
But I did not enjoy it as much as the previous two which I could not put down. This one I found in parts a bit more heavy going and the Swedish references were a touch confusing. Never the less anyone who has read the previous two has to complete the trilogy and find out what happens in the end.

Average Rating:

Rating: - Could not wait for the paperback
I could not wait for the paperback to come out to complete reading the trilogy.
I did of course enjoy the book and feel sorry that there will be no more.
But I did not enjoy it as much as the previous two which I could not put down. This one I found in parts a bit more heavy going and the Swedish references were a touch confusing. Never the less anyone who has read the previous two has to complete the trilogy and find out what happens in the end.

Rating: - Gripping final part to trilogy
The third book in the Millenium trilogy is a worthy rival to the previous books. Occasionally, the expertise with which the underdogs manage the technology becomes a little predictable, but the characters more than compensate for this. An absorbing book, well crafted with plenty of twists, and a most satisfying conclusion. All three books are excellent.

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Rating: - Stieg Larsson
This third and final book in Stieg Larsson's trilogy is every bit as good as the two previous books I really enjoyed it. Well worthy of five stars.

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Rating: - What a gripping read!

Excellent book. Have thoroughly enjoyed all 3 books and would highly recommend.
The books are very well translated from Swedish. Just didn't want the book to come to an end. Stieg Larsson was without doubt a very very talented writer. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

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Rating: - I couldn't put it down
I really enjoyed the 3rd installment of the Millennium Trilogy. Gotta love all the drama.

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