среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Larsson's `Hornet's Nest' is unsatisfactory read

"The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" (Alfred A. Knopf, 576 pages, $27.95), by Stieg Larsson: When a series of books is as popular as Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, there is no question whether readers will buy the final installment. But will they be satisfied?

It is a layered question, much like Larsson's books.

The series follows characters Lisbeth Salander, an antisocial computer hacker in her late 20s, and Mikael Blomkvist, a Swedish journalist. They met in book one ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo") when Salander helped Blomkvist solve a murder. Their friendship became sexual and Blomkvist's casualness broke Salander's …

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