Into Utter Madness - Off The Shelf

It started with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (or, in the original Swedish: Män Som Hatar Kvinnor (which doesn't mean the same thing at all...why people insist on changing the titles when they translate the books into another language makes no sense to me), then continued with The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden, they didn't change this one, so why the first one??!), and it ends (or does it??) with The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (Luftslottet Som Sprängdes, again with the name change!!).

Obviously, I'm talking about Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy.

To be quite honest, the reason I bought the first one wasn't solely because it sounded good, but also because it was written by a Swede. But I'm glad I did buy it! These are great books, if you like interesting, well-written novels...I'm not even sure what you'd classify them as since they're not your traditional who-done-it or PI/detective novel. But while I can't really tell you what it is, I can definitely tell you what it isn't: it isn't boring. The story line flows seamlessly from book to book with the antagonistic protagonist (the "girl") leading you deeper into her world. There are multiple story lines going so you never have time to get bogged down. Plus, it gives you an opportunity to visit Sweden...if only in your imagination.

Well worth the read, I give it two thumbs way, way up!