I started reading this book after I saw the Swedish movie based on the novel. I loved the movie but was debating about reading the book, for one thing because it was not part of my original list of books and another because I thought that the book might be too graphic for me. I am so glad I ignored both these ideas and read the book.
The story is about Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist whose reputation is in shambles because of a smartly played libel trap and Lisbeth Salander - the much tattooed social pariah, computer genius, hacker, and private investigator. The story has multiple threads all deftly woven. We have Mikael's fight to clear his name, Lisbeth's fight against tyranny by her court appointed guardian and in the midst of all these the two protagonists coming together to solve a decades old mystery.
The book is a poster child for all that I love about the world of fiction - it is gripping, transports you through time and space, and most of all has these three dimensional characters that you grow to know, love, despise, commiserate, fear... In short, one is vested in the outcome of the events, waiting to see what happens to the central characters and that wonderful sense of fulfillment and longing when the tale finally comes to an end.
A must read.
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