The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Viking Canada
Category: Book
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Rating:  26 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 576
ISBN: 0670069035
EAN: 9780670069033
ASIN: 0670069035
Publication Date: May 25, 2010
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As the finale to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is not content to merely match the adrenaline-charged pace that made international bestsellers out of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Instead, it roars with an explosive storyline that blows the doors off the series and announces that the very best has been saved for last. A familiar evil lies in wait for Lisbeth Salander, but this time, she must do more than confront the miscreants of her past--she must destroy them. Much to her chagrin, survival requires her to place a great deal of faith in journalist Mikael Blomkvist and trust his judgment when the stakes are highest. To reveal more of the plot would be criminal, as Larsson's mastery of the unexpected is why millions have fallen hard for his work. But rest assured that the odds are again stacked, the challenges personal, and the action fraught with neck-snapping revelations in this snarling conclusion to a thrilling triad. This closing chapter to The Girl's pursuit of justice is guaranteed to leave readers both satisfied and saddened once the final page has been turned. --Dave Callanan
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 Wonderful series July 19, 2010
C. Wilson (Vancouver, B.C.)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is an exciting conclusion to Stieg Larsson's trilogy. The book kept me turning the pages until the end. Unfortunately, the final chapter was a little weak but I think Stieg Larsson was leaving an opening for a forth book. I would gladly read another set of three to follow the escapades of Salander and Blomkvist but sadly that isn't possible.
 By far, the best book in the Millennium Trilogy July 16, 2010
R. Nicholson
"The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" is the 3rd book in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson. This hard covered edition in 563 pages in length. This book is a direct continuation of the story in Book II in the series.
*SPOILER*
Fugitive Lisbeth Salander has been caught but is severely hurt and is awaiting trial for murder once she recovers from her life threatening injuries. Mikael Blomkvist and others do their best to prove her innocence while at the same time digging up disturbing facts about Sweden's State Security operations.
*END SPOILER*
This book, by far, was the best of the series. Was it perfect...no, it had its faults, BUT the degree of improbable and implausible situations/actions in this book was substantially less than in the previous two. Also, the books that preceded this third book had areas that tended to ramble on, letting the adventure get lost in minuscule detail of things that did little to do with the main story, but added significantly to the overall length of the book(s). This book seemed to remain more focused on the task at hand; the subplots were told succinctly and contributed not only to the overall main plot but were also interesting on their own and were dealt with in a timely and organized fashion.
The only 'cheesy' areas in this book dealt with Blomvkist's exceptional attractiveness to the opposite sex and their apparent eagerness to drag him into their beds. To me, this diversion seemed to lessen the quality from this otherwise intriguing murder/espionage investigation.
Conclusion:
I really liked this book; I found it hard to put down. Some areas in the other two books were boring and unnecessarily dragged out: not so with this effort. Author Larsson seemed to be able to keep a better focus on his main characters and their stories in this novel, resulting in an improvement in the overall quality of writing. 4 Stars.
Ray Nicholson
Dragon rock! July 14, 2010
Mark Latour (Montreal)
This Salander girl can't be easily killed, and the third book is a very satisfying winding up of the disturbances of the first two books. She really nails it towards the end.
It deals with the issues in a way that is more fun and credible to read than some dreary beautiful plucky ex FBI daughter of some US Senator saving the world (or at very least the US) from Aliens, Fascists, Commie spies, Al whazzizname Ieda, greedy oil polluting corporations, or her ex, or a crazed stalker, serial killer, child molesting disbarred lawyer reporter... with some Viet Nam vet, Delta Force, green beret drop out as her unwilling helper and chopper pilot.
Euro fiction is even less boring than Volvo driving at maximum revs down some glacier crevasse at midnight on Dec 21. Which, by the way does not happen in this book, so don't speed read ahead looking for it.
Just sit back, relax, and start reading. Reserve a sufficient amount of quiet time for the task.
It is all right to get a divorce if necessary. It'll be justified and worth it.
WARNING! read the other two first, or you will read them outta sequence and be disappointed in knowing stuff you shouldn't know til ya know. If you know what I mean.
Not as good as the previous two but still a page turner July 13, 2010
MS JUDI ROY (CLIFTON HEIGHTS, PA, US)
I am so disappointed that there won't be further books in this series. The characters are just so believable and you really feel that you actually know them. I enjoyed this book, but there were so many characters and scenarios that I did not find this story as compelling as the first two. However, I still thoroughly enjoyed it.
`There are no exceptions.' July 10, 2010
J. Cameron-Smith (ACT, Australia)
Lisbeth Salander, shot at the end of `The Girl Who Played With Fire', is flown to hospital where she undergoes surgery. After the surgery, she is moved into an intensive care ward and isolated from visitors until she is well enough to face trial. Behind the scenes, `the Section' responsible for managing Zalachenko since his defection are working hard to undo the damage caused by the current Zalachenko affair. Key to this cover-up is maintaining the position that Lisbeth Salander is mentally unstable and needs to be institutionalised.
In the meantime, Mikael Bloomkvist and others are working hard to prove Salander's innocence by uncovering the conspiracy within the Swedish secret service which has protected Zalachenko and persecuted Salander. Salander may be isolated in hospital, but she is not friendless or without resources.
And then, finally, there is the trial in which the various parts come together in a largely satisfying conclusion. There's plenty of action in this final instalment of The Millennium Trilogy, not all elements of which is resolved. I found some aspects irritating because they were distracting and ultimately they did not seem relevant. But who knows, really, what Stieg Larsson intended after the trilogy was completed?
I would not recommend reading the trilogy out of order: the development of characters and story is incremental. The satisfaction of the ending relies very much on travelling the journey with Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Bloomkvist.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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