So, I was trying to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo all of last month (recommended AND chosen for Book Club) and I didn't get past page 68 or so. I kept waiting for the eponymous character (who, let's face it, has a description that I want applied to myself) but she was a total no-show. So I exercised my third inalienable right and moved on.I attended Super Conference last week and the closing speaker was none other than Mr. Jonathan Goldstein. I totally had not connected two and two on this… I had read Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible, chapter by chapter, at my local conglomerate and liked it so much, I bought it. Why didn't I pay better attention? I could have gotten it signed! Dammit. Anyway - I thought I'd reread it and as a testament to just how much I liked it, it only took me two days to finish.
This kind of book is written just for me: rewriting bible stories with tongue planted firmly in cheek? check! Irreverent humour? check! Poignant moments made more so because of their startling inclusion? check! I loved it. And, as I said about Death, if you're uptight about God and stuff, you may want to skip it. But I think you'd be missing out.
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Are you talking about Lisbeth? She shows up right around when you stopped reading. She's not exactly like the description on the back of the book but pretty close. Definetely a complex and troubled character. You should give the book a second chance - it gets to a point were you really can't put it down.
I'm with Mandy on GWADT, I'm at around that same place and I've gottent to know Lisbeth, but is the story ever going to start? It's suppose to be a mystery murder book and I'm not hooked yet.
I'm about 2/3 of the way through it and I find that I can put it down now. At the start I just read in on the streetcar and enjoyed it because it was an easy and fast read but now I find that I can't wait to have time to read a big chunk of it. The minute that they decode the code of the 'phone numbers' it really picks up steam. I agree it was a bit slow to begin and it felt more like a family sega but everything he is giving us at the start has to do with the mystery or tells us about the characters motivations/what makes them tick and plays a role. Just give it a bit more time.
I've aleady passed it on to someone else to read - it was getting heavy to be carried about without actually reading it. You'll have all of next Book Club to convince me, Erin.
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