It too me a long time to get into the second book....like 250 pages long time. I almost abandoned it, especially when Joe asked me if I got hit by a bus tomorrow would there have been other books I wish I would have read, but I felt guilty because I had purchased both of the books for my Nook and hate to waste money. I pushed on through and I am glad I did.
I learned something about my preferences as a reader when reading these two books. I am a reader that is driven by characters, which is something I knew. If the character's story is driving the book I am much more apt to enjoy it. What I found out while reading these books is that I also need dialogue. Without it, the chances of me getting bored with a book are pretty high.
Larsson has woven an intricate story with a lot of characters. One of my friends mentioned she almost decided to take notes just to keep everyone straight and I completely see why. Because he has so many characters he wrote a lot of background for most of the characters...for me, it was way too much background. I will be honest that I started to skim some of the pages that I could tell were just background. It just wasn't that interesting to me. But when the dialogue was driving the story, I couldn't get through it fast enough.
Before anyone gets the impression that I didn't like the books, I guess I should say that I did like them. I gave them both a solid 3 stars on www.goodreads.com.
As for what's next in my reading world, I am not sure. I have quite a bit to choose from....decisions, decisions.
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