PositiveThe Chicago Tribune...after a diet of serial killers, apocalyptic scenarios, burned-out private detectives and the usual crop of honest or bent federal agents and cops, it's like a blast of cold, fresh air to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — the latest entry in the booming Swedish crime-fiction... But what separates Stieg Larsson's work from theirs is that it features at its center two unique and fascinating characters: a disgraced financial journalist and the absolutely marvelous 24-year-old Lisbeth Salander... Their relationship blossoms — despite his finding out that in the course of investigating him, she has hacked into his own computer. We watch as Salander's distrust of almost everyone (totally justified by her own terrible experiences with guardians and lawyers) begins to thaw. As for Blomkvist, he realizes what an incredible creature Salander is.
