The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[dellzeqq]

just asking

 

[Andy in Sig]

I love both the first and second films. Noomi Rapace plays the part brilliantly and I may be in love with her.

 

[bobg]

I love both the first and second films. Noomi Rapace plays the part brilliantly and I may be in love with her.

Cant wait to see it, all three books were wonderful, it was almost an 1800 page non stop read.

 

[rich p]

Never mind the film yet, are the books worth reading or am I going to be mugged a la Da Vinci Code?

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Never mind the film yet, are the books worth reading or am I going to be mugged a la Da Vinci Code?

Never read the Da Vinci Code but managed all three 'Tattoo' books in a non-stop glutton fest while on holiday two weeks back, I loved them.

 

[martint235]

I thought the first film was really good and captured the spirit of the books well. Lisbeth is quite a troubled character and this came across in the film.

It will be interesting to see what the Hollywood films are like when they are released, I believe they are currently in production but I could be (and frequently am) completely wrong.

 

[Archie_tect]

If you haven't read the books I don't think the films would be very clear, but then I suppose that can be said of all films as you get a brief and unsatisfying glimpse of the story.

First ilm was better- the second lost a lot in the cutting.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Got about a quarter of the way through the first book and gave up, thought the writing was very poor but maybe it wasn't translated very well.

 

[Andy in Sig]

Never mind the film yet, are the books worth reading or am I going to be mugged a la Da Vinci Code?

I bought the first book on impulse just before last Christmas and also received a copy as a Christmas present. Had it not been for the latter fact I might well have given up after the first 100 pages as it was such a slow starter but once the Lisbeth character meets the journalist, it really takes off and I was then very glad of those first pages. I found it really gripping stuff. At the risk of sounding a bit of a poser, I don't know how good the English translation is because I read it in German but it was certainly a cracking story in that language.

 

[ASC1951]

are the books worth reading or am I going to be mugged a la Da Vinci Code?

The DVC is total drivel. Well constructed and a page-turner, but still unoriginal manipulative drivel. "Mugged" is right - it's Erik von Daniken for people who don't realise they are buying Write By Numbers.

The Lisbeth Salander trilogy are still airport books but a whole order better. There is a just about credible story, several very strong central participants, realistic characters and descriptions of locations which suggest he has actually been there rather than doing a Dan Brown and getting his software to trawl through National Geographic. If you look at it as a thriller, the pace isn't sustained and the last 100 pages of Book 3 fall rather flat, with some ends left loose and others just cobbled together. It seems to be another victim of trilogy disease - best seller debut, enough ideas for one more, publishers insist on two more. But you will still be getting value for money.

 

[martint235]

Slightly (ok way) off topic but has anyone read any of the Jo Nesbo books? I've got 3 waiting for my Kindle to arrive, bit of an impulse buy (the books, not the Kindle).

 

[dellzeqq]

the reason I asked is that I found certain scenes quite distressing - you can probably guess which. I was watching with teenage girls, and I would have thought they would take those scenes in their stride, as young people seem completely at home with stuff on the screen that I find impossible to take.

I was wrong. They were more upset than I was, and, even, outraged. They recognised the merit in the film, but thought certain parts of it were just exploitative.

 

[Wolf04]

Enjoyed the book and thought the film was even better. Whoever adapted it for the screen actually improved it, much tighter and faster paced. Brilliant all round.

 

[dmoan]

the reason I asked is that I found certain scenes quite distressing - you can probably guess which. I was watching with teenage girls, and I would have thought they would take those scenes in their stride, as young people seem completely at home with stuff on the screen that I find impossible to take.

I haven't taken the plunge to read the books or watch the movies yet. I have real difficulties with sexual violence in fiction (or non-fiction, for that matter) and was 'warned off' by a friend who saw the movie. On the other hand, I feel like I am missing out on the rest of the story...

 

[Andy in Sig]

As an aside, the titles in the German translations of the book are loads better than the British ones: Damnation, Blindness and Forgiveness.

Dunno what the Swedish originals are. "The girl with the dragon tattoo" sounds like something out of a waster's mag like Vogue or similar.