I got this book for my birthday from a good friend and it has been sitting on the shelf just waiting to be read. I know a lot of people have read it and enjoyed it, but I was waiting for a couple of reasons. First of all, I knew that it was first in a series of three. This is important because I don't have the next two in the series and if it was can't-put-it-down good, then it would be necessary to have the next in the series on standby.
The second reason, at the other end of the spectrum, was that I don't really read that many series any more. Other than the Harry Potter series and Twilight (I know...I know...but I loved them all and will proudly say that on the internet), I have steered away from crime fighter kind of series (except the Sookie Stackhouse series and that is more because there are hot non-sparkley vampires) after my James Patterson love affair right after college. I tend to get hooked, and because I wasn't a book abandoner then, I felt even more compelled to finish a series even though I had kind of gotten sick of the predictable plots.
So, when trying to decide what to read I decided that this would be a good change from the kinds of books that I had been reading. What I didn't expect is that this book would land in the middle of the before mentioned categories. It wasn't "Oh-my-gosh!" good but it wasn't "Are there really more like this?" bad either.
It was kind of a slow start but not enough to make me abandon it. One character in particular was especially intriguing which kept me reading. I was able to figure out who the bad guy was pretty quickly, although I didn't know how much of a bad guy he was. I will at some point read the next two books that follow this one, but I am not in any rush.
Since finishing The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, I have started When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. So far, I am only two essays in, but already I want to read more of what he has written.
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