The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

By: Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland - translator

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander • Also known as the Millennium series

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.

Look for the latest book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons!

Listen to the rest of The Millennium Trilogy.

©2008 Stieg Larsson (P)2008 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME

"Cases rarely come much colder than the decades-old disappearance of teen heiress Harriet Vanger from her family's remote island retreat north of Stockholm, nor do fiction debuts hotter than this European best seller...At once a strikingly original thriller and a vivisection of Sweden's dirty not-so-little secrets, this first of a trilogy introduces a provocatively odd couple." (Publishers Weekly)

"Combine the chilly Swedish backdrop and moody psychodrama of a Bergman movie with the grisly pyrotechnics of a serial-killer thriller, then add an angry punk heroine and a down-on-his-luck investigative journalist, and you have the ingredients of Stieg Larsson's first novel." (The New York Times)

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a striking novel. Just when I was thinking there wasn't anything new on the horizon, along comes Stieg Larsson with this wonderfully unique story. I was completely absorbed." (Michael Connelly)

Awesome!

Great story with multiple plot lines interweaving. Characterization is superb. I have recommended this book to several friends and they have all agreed that is a "can't put it down" book. I now warn people not too start it unless they have the time to read nonstop...

Wonderful

A great story - the great narration kept me riveted throughout the story.

hang on to your hat

Where does The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

very good kept my attention . charater development was good.and colorful. moved a littlesloww tobegin with but hang in there its a good ride.

Who was your favorite character and why?

hard to pick just one. there were several that were interesting.

Which scene was your favorite?

the last scene.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no

Fabulous

This was a terrific book and well-read. I recommend it with enthusiasm.

First rate age turner

Would you listen to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo again? Why?

No. But I did watch the movie in Swedish with English subtitles. Then I watched the movie in English.

What did you like best about this story?

Lisbeth is such a complex character filled with so much inner conflict, intelligence and emotion. You can't help getting tied up in her world wanting to know her deeper. But you can feel from the story that she doesn't want you to get to know her. That makes it all that much more interesting to find out -- the thrill of the chase.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

You bet!

Any additional comments?

I made an error waiting to listen to this book as long as I did. I had it in my library and waited and waited. Why? I am asking myself that question. This book was fan-tas-tic. I am hook and I just want to know what this woman does next.

A slow starter, but it pays off

I am so glad that I stuck with this. I does start rather slow and takes a while to understand the characters and plot, but hang in there! It takes time to fully develop a worthwhile story! The characters are engrossing and the story is intricate...you MUST read this before "The Girl who played with Fire".

I really enjoyed this story.

After you get past the swedish names that all sound the same, you get immersed into this mystery! I didn't want it to end. I would highly recommend this book. Just don't give up on it in the beginning, the story picks up and moves very fast to the end.

Not what you expect

I suppose I'm with the other reviewers who said this book wasn't exactly what the media hyped it up to be. I guess my assumption was that this would be a straight-forward murder-mystery with all the applicable twists and turns, but it wasn't. Actually, I found this book to be surprisingly intellectual (over my head at times, but the author makes catching up fairly easy w/o being obvious) and riveting. The story is involved to say the least- it's obvious that the author put a lot of time and thought into the characters and story that haunt this book, and his efforts don't go unnoticed as he pulls the reader in and really forces you/me/the reader to identify with the who, what and why of this novel. The book starts off slow (all the books in this series follow the same pattern) but keep reading and I promise you, you won't be disappointed.

Honestly, I think the narrator (Simon Vance) bumps this audiobook from a 4-star rating to a 5-star rating; the voices he does are subtle but effective and his inflection is spot-on. If you like this installment, I encourage you to listen to the next two- you won't regret it.

so good

This was so good, I'm afraid I won't be able to find another as good.

Great Read!!!

Engaging and suspenseful. I highly recommend this book to anyone into murder mystery. Awesome 💯👈🏾