The Girl Who Played With Fire

By: Stieg Larsson

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

Length: 20 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her.

Mikael Blomkvist, Millennium magazine's legendary star reporter, does not believe the police. Using all his magazine staff and resources to prove Salander's innocence, Blomkvist also uncovers her terrible past, spent in criminally corrupt institutions. Yet Salander is more avenging angel than helpless victim. She may be an expert at staying out of sight - but she has ways of tracking down her most elusive enemies.

©2006/ 2009 Norstedts Agency / Reg Keeland (P)2009 WF Howes Ltd

Critic reviews

"As good as crime writing gets." ( Times Literary Supplement)
"Even more gripping and astonishing than the first...this novel will leave readers on the edge of their seats." (Joan Smith, The Sunday Times)

Great read

An absolutely thrilling read. Kept you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end..

Revisiting characters from the girl with the dragon tattoo, great story well narrated

Continues story from the first book further developing the characters of salander and Blumquist. The storyline kept me highly engaged and I completed the book in quick time. Will definitely read the third in the trilogy. Excellent narration helps build the characters.

Outstanding trilogy

Couldn't put the book down.

the girl who played with fire

I can't say I enjoyed this book as much as the first. I found it dragged for me a little at times and wasn't hooked like his first novel. I also found the way he describes every computer in a scene [model number, amount of ram, hard drive size, monitor size] annoying and unnecessary. Despite all of this I did enjoy the book...just not as much as I expected.

Cool story weak writing

I like it, and I want to love it, but the writing is a little off putting. It might be a translation issue, but there’s a lot of passive writing and head hopping which really make it hard to complete immerse yourself in the story. I’m glad Blomkvist isn’t the main character in this, because he’s a bit annoying. The plot was cool. I just wish the writing wasn’t so ‘meh’.

the Girk Who Played with Fire

Holds the reader to the last word.

Great

worth the time.

Buy Abridged Version

Buy the abridged version as this is a bit too detailed for an audio book. First time I have said to buy Abridged version, as I travel a lot so usually for me the longer a book the better. However an Abridged version of this book would probably have had me it a 5 star.

I looked forward to this book but disappointed

disappointed with abrupt ending. too much repetition of investigation procedure. Was looking forward. questions unanswered

A fair read, but nothing groubdbreaking

Would you try another book from Stieg Larsson and/or Saul Reichlin?

Yes. I'm interested enough to finish the series. Lisbeth is an interesting character and Reichlin does a good job of narrating. I just found that the story dragged at some points and it wasn't a completely original idea. In the end, it was nothing more than a whodunit.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

It was refreshing to see a major character go through so much. I liked the ending. It sets up the next novel perfectly and makes the reader want to continue the story.

What about Saul Reichlin’s performance did you like?

Loved how he could sound the same for two different characters, and yet somehow convey differences in their demeanor. I loved his high-pitched voice for the blonde giant. Great stuff

Was The Girl Who Played with Fire worth the listening time?

Yes. The characters are interesting, even if the story tends to drag at times.