The girl who played with fire Book Review

After nearly one month of obsessive reading, I have finally finished the second book of the Millenium Triology by Stieg Larsson-The girl who played with fire.

picture courtesy of here.

The story is the continuation of the 1st book - The girl with the dragon tattoo. Lisbeth Salander is still the main character and after her successful assignments with Michael Blomkvist in the first book, she stopped any kind of contact with Michael and went overseas to travel for a year. Well, she was rich enough to do that.

When she got back, after "catching up" with her "friends",especially Michael, by hacking into their computers, she slowly got herself into something big. She was accused as a cruel murderer to 3 victims in the end. Since then, she disappeared from the world and can only be contacted through the cyber world.

Michael together with others like Boxing King Paolo Roberto believed that Lisbeth was innocent and they tried to find out the truth about the murders. In the end, they discovered a great truth about the Sweden government and also the shocking background of Lisbeth. In the end, is Lisbeth guilty? That's for you to find out. :)

Food for thought

As I read the book, i was thinking, if I could have half of Lisbeth's intelligence and photographic memory, I would be able to do pretty well in things that I am doing now. :)

Nevertheless, as depicted in the story, the background and the upbringing of a person very much would decide the future of the person. How the parents introduce and impose the right values into the children would determine the future route of the children. Therefore, parenting is a crucial contribution to the direction of a society, whether to the downhill or to the glorious civilization. Whether you like it or not, parents play an important role in influencing the next generation. :)

All in all, the storyline of the book is rather fascinating, just that sometimes I find the elaborations are a bit lengthy and in a way draggy for the unfold of the whole storyline. But then, it is still a recommended book to read. So, go grab one today and it is not that expensive either! (Probably around RM30 per copy). Cheers!