I've been wanting to get into this series since 2008. I don't know why it took me so long because I knew I would enjoy it. It has come highly recommended by many.
I'm not big into African-American fiction and beginning in 2010, I've tried to make a concerted effort to change that and step out of my typical reading comfort zones.
To me, this was a very good read. I think I wanted the end to be different. I related so much to Venus and her hair struggles. Also, her work struggles as a black woman climbing the corporate ladder spoke directly to me because so many things were highlighted by the author in terms of emotions and interactions that only some one with the same struggle would even pick up on. I think Venus was very brave throughout the book and that astonishes me because the entire book seem to focus on her vulnerabilities and insecurities.
Going through the story not knowing whether she was marrying Clint or not really urged me to hurry through this one. I think I read it in under 24hours.
I look forward to reading more of the series this year. The next in the series, Would I Lie to You is on my TBR list in 2011.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
As promised by pretty much every person I know that read this before me, this starts out VERRRRY slow, but around page 99 it picks up. Then after about another 100 pages it picks up faster. The crux of the story is in the last 100 pages and its a rollercoaster that you will have you on the edge of your seat wishing you knew how to speed read.
I'm not big into mysterys, but I had to know why this series stays on the best seller list. I haven't seen the film and I prefer to read all three books before I check them out.
Lisbeth is so intriguing. I see why so many people are drawn to her. I will say the way her relationship with Mikael Blomkvist evolved totally caught me off guard. She is hard to read even when you have privy to so many of her thoughts as a reader.
The relationship between Blomkvist and Erika Berger is so uncomplicated that is causes confusion. Do people really function like this? Her having an open marriage because of him, and him having no marriage because of her, but yet they won't marry each other!? Baffling....
Anyway, I do plan to read the next in the series, but it isn't high on my priority list so I may not get to it until 2012.
I'm not big into mysterys, but I had to know why this series stays on the best seller list. I haven't seen the film and I prefer to read all three books before I check them out.
Lisbeth is so intriguing. I see why so many people are drawn to her. I will say the way her relationship with Mikael Blomkvist evolved totally caught me off guard. She is hard to read even when you have privy to so many of her thoughts as a reader.
The relationship between Blomkvist and Erika Berger is so uncomplicated that is causes confusion. Do people really function like this? Her having an open marriage because of him, and him having no marriage because of her, but yet they won't marry each other!? Baffling....
Anyway, I do plan to read the next in the series, but it isn't high on my priority list so I may not get to it until 2012.
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