The final book in the Millennium trilogy, and it is a big one at 599 pages. I have really enjoyed the trilogy, and this book was a great end to the series. It begins where the previous book left off with Salander seriously injured, which means the pace is frantic from page one. I found it really difficult to put down.
Salander perspective isn't told nearly as much as in previous books - she spends a large part of the book in hospital. This is a shame, since she is by far the most interesting character. Most of the story focuses around Blomkvist, with a strange, seemingly out-of-place side-story involving Berger. I have spoken before about the lack of editing of the previous books, and I think a decent editor would have scratched that side story.
The trial itself seemed pretty silly at times. Maybe I have watched too many American legal movies, but it seemed ridiculous that Giannini could just interrupt her questioning of one person to fire questions at Salander, Palmgren, Ekstrom and others:
...We can interpret that as a manifestation of self-hate".
Giannini turned to Salander.
"Are your tattoos a manifestation of self-hate?" she said.
"No," Salander said.
Giannini turned back to Teleborian...
Blomkvist continues true-to-form by sleeping with pretty much every important female character in the entire trilogy. Surprisingly there was much less product placement in this book (or I was more immune to it).
If there had been more of Salander kicking arse I would have given this 5 stars.
4.5 stars
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