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QC Forum Book Group - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Discussion Thread

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Nodaisho:
I haven't read any of this thread yet, because I haven't read the book yet. I went to the library to check it out, but there were 110 holds on it, which means I would be getting to my turn around summer 2011, if nobody dropped their hold (unlikely, but I still don't want to wait several months). Is this book worth buying new?

Nodaisho:
I've already got both Maus and II. I was asking in here because you guys are the only ones I know that know of it, but I read the synopsis and it piqued my interest. So not worth buying? Is it bad or is it just not good enough to buy? I would see what the other people have said, but I don't want spoilers.

Inlander:
It's not a flat-out terrible book but don't go in expecting a masterpiece. If you can find it on sale somewhere or second-hand it might be worth getting, if you want a holiday read or a book you can rip through in a few days, but it falls a very long way short of the hype. It's basically just a crime book with fairly half-hearted pretentions towards social commentary.

Lines:
I found a cheap paperback for $7 and that's what I got. I'd say it's worth the $7, but in a sense that I wish I'd gotten it from Half Price Books and saved a dollar or two. But whatevs. I got The Girl Who Played With Fire and it's on the same level as the first book writing-wise, but it does talk a lot more about Lisbeth.

Or you could just see the movie. My mom still wanted to see it (I gave her the book when I was done), so I went with her, and it's pretty damn similar and it'll take less time to get the gist of the story.

Emaline:

--- Quote from: Inlander on 28 Apr 2010, 20:03 ---So we pretty much suck at book discussions, huh.

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I have to disagree with this. I didn't read the book, but I saw the film, and this seems to be the only thread on the subject. Before I opened my big mouth, I wanted to read through the thread. I read most of it, and then me and my boyfriend(who I saw the film with) started super discussing it, based on posts made in the thread. So you guys inspired our discussion of it, and also made me slightly reconsider if I should read this book or not.


Basically, I saw the movie, so I missed out on the bad prose, but I just feel like Lisbeth's little side story is the film was out of place with the rest of the film. Like it was added to add more of a shock value to the film. I feel like overall the story is alright. Not special. Like another episode of Law and Order. But then they add Lisbeth. And she is the hot goth/punk hacker girl who also has social hang ups and oh my god that guy rapes her it is so shocking and we need to watch this film because of such. Like, this story is alright, but we really want it to sell, I know we'll add some appalling sex acts! I just feel like if the goal was to draw attention to abused women, the new title and the movie don't do a good job on that. Coming out of the theater we were less inclined to discuss what Lisbeth went though and more inclined to discuss the reasoning behind the killings, the nazi and religious beliefs being used as an excuse for rape and murder.

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