| The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest |  | Author: Stieg Larsson
Publisher: Viking Canada
Category: Book
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 3
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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 Great read, don't want the trilogy to end August 25, 2010
lulubelle (Ottawa, On)
The last book in the millenium trilogy is as good as the first 2 books. It's great reading. It's sad that the trilogy ends here and we won't hear any more from these amazingly rich characters that we've come to know so well. I'd like to keep on reading about them. All 3 books are fabulous page turners, I could not put them down. I've seen the first 2 movies and can't wait to see the third based on this final book.
I LOVE IT!! August 18, 2010
Melanious
What a kickass heroine Lizbeth Salendar is!! I absolutely love her for her fighting spirit. This is without a doubt the best trilogy I'd ever come across.
Stieg Larsson was a genius. I love his writings, how he takes us into a Sweden that very many of us didn't know about and he wrote about things that not only what he knew and made it his Modus operandi and he certainly wrote an intriguing, impossibly stunning and incredible series.
I'd been hooked on his first two books and although I had been busy when his third book came out. I waited till I was on holidays and I couldn't put the book down!! I wanted so badly to read it without any interruptions and boy it was so worth it!!
I do hope that Stieg's companion Eva Gabrielsson is allowed and can carry on his legacy. If he's got another ten books, keep it coming.
 Least favourite of the series August 10, 2010
Lindsay Marshall (Toronto, ON)
I cannot agree with the rave reviews that this book is receiving. In my opinion, it was the worst in the series, and I had to force myself to read it. I could've taken a red pen to much of it, and eliminated at least 200 pages, if not more. There is so much superfluous material in this book, as well as the first 2 books, that they could've been cut down into 2 books, as opposed to 3.
This book is mainly wrap-up of the events that occured in the 2nd book, and the ending is so predictable, that it felt pointless to push through all of the useless Swedish names and places (which were extremely difficult to keep track of). I felt that Salander alienated herself even more, especially while she was on trial for her crimes, and instead of liking her more, I couldn't wait for the book to end so I didn't have to read any more of her ridiculous shenanigans, about the limited amount of food she eats (Billy's Pan Pizza anyone?), her trips around Sweden on public transit, or her endless pouting and doom & gloom.
I thought this book ended the series on a very low note, instead of the high that resulted from the first book. I disagree that it's one of the best series--I'm still giving that title to Harry Potter.
Right Up There With the Modern Classics August 4, 2010
Ian Gordon Malcomson (Smithers, Canada)
I have now completed the highly-acclaimed and popular "Millennium" trilogy and am willing to offer some personal observations about its quality, with special emphasis on the last novel in the series. One, Larsson has created one of the most uniquely different main characters in modern literature. Salander, the story's heroine, basically becomes all things to all people depending on what the angle is. You either loathe or adore her but you can't remain indifferent to who she is. L'Enfant terrible, bete noir, superwoman, or autistic genius, it matters not because her actions, especially in the third volume, are unapologetically hers and you better get used to them. Two, Larsson wrote this trilogy with the idea of preparing his readers to cope with and accept Salander's larger-than-life dimensions by taking them through a series of evolving confrontations. Salander goes from being a helpful sidekick in the first book, facing and overcoming danger, to becoming a fully-engaged, fearless combatant by the end of the second book, and finishing off as a true champion of all that is good and just. Three, as the story ensues, the reader is filled in with important biographical detail about Salander on a need-to-know basis. Everything that Salander, the protagonist, does has a purpose in her struggle to make sense of her life. What she fights against are not mere mortal enemies such as racists, homophobes, and rapists but the invisible `principalities and powers of the air' that have conspired to destroy her and all that is good about life. Four, Larsson carefully prepares the groundwork for a compelling and believable tale about how a nation like Sweden becomes infiltrated by a special sinister security force from within intent on hi-jacking the democratic process. Larsson brings a lot of expertise to this subject so should not be dismissed as just another hack writer interested in selling thrillers for a living. All three novels had something important to tell me about how society works both for and against the defence of personal liberties. When all is said and done, the late Stieg Larsson has produced the quintessential literary series that sensitizes our raw emotions while challenging us to grapple with some big moral issues. The last time that happened to me was when I read "War and Peace" and " The Brothers Karamazov".
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.
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