Just finished reading this today. It is the 2nd in the Millenium trilogy. I wish it wasn't a trilogy but a million-logy so that I didn't have to stop after the 3rd. I watched the subtitled swedish movie of the 1st book awhile back (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) so decided to skip ahead and just start reading with the second book. The main character of Lisbeth has to be the best, most interesting, strongest, most kick-assiest female character ever written. The story moved along at a fast pace and managed to have several good twists and oh my God moments. The only negative thing I can say about this book is the about the middle half of it, Lisbeth herself all but disappeared from the story and many different characters were introduced from the other characters' points of view. This I'm sure was a necessity but the story from Lisbeth's pov was by far the most compelling and I keep waiting anxiously to get back to it. I will definitely read the 3rd book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, soon and quite possibly go back and read the 1st in the series before that.