It took me quite a while to get through this book. I borrowed it from the library and ended up having to recheck it out after a hiatus. It's not that it wasn't interesting... it's just overwhelming. I didn't find this book as intriguing as the first two and wasn't as drawn into the story at all. It was still a great book, just Stieg Larsson set such high standards with the first two. My biggest complaint would be the seemingly hundreds of characters and side stories. I definitely had a hard time keeping up with all them, especially since they are almost exclusively referred to by their last names. Making it even harder since you can't really even tell if the character is male or female just by looking at the name. I didn't find the end as exciting as I thought it would be, but it was still decent enough. I did find Lisbeth's trial very exciting and interesting though.