Rating: 1.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 Mikael Blomkvist messed up. He was a journalist following a story, published said story, ended up in court over it, and was proven wrong by a pack of lawyers. Having lost his credibility and having made an enemy of one of the most powerful figures in Sweden, he's not quite sure what to do, until a curious opportunity comes up. He's contacted by Henrik Vanger, another large man of Sweden, who claims to have dirt on Wennerstrom. In exchange for this information and a large sum of money, Henrik wants Mikael to investigate his niece's disappearance, which took place 40 years ago but was never solved. Even if he doesn't find out what happened, he gets paid and gets his information as long as he tries. This begins Mikael's digging into Vanger family history, uncovering more than he ever expected to. 
 I feel like I'm in the minority by not liking this book, considering how many amazing reviews I've seen other people give this book. But unfortunately, I couldn't get into it. I don't have any deep reasons for disliking the book that include certain plot points or sensitivities, I just thought it was really boring. For a book that's almost 900 pages long, I expected action to take up more than just the last 100-200 pages of the book. And by action I mean literally anything interesting at all. Up to that point I could follow perfectly, I knew what was going on, I just found it too slow for my liking. 
 On top of my pacing issues, I found that I couldn't connect with either of the main characters. They were fine enough, but I neither liked them nor hated them. I found Mikael's perspective pretty boring, and it mostly consisted of him hitting dead ends in his research. Lisbeth's perspective was more interesting, but the small parts that I liked didn't make up for the rest of the book. Granted, the action at the end of the book was pretty intense, and I liked how it all came together, but it seemed too little too late for me. I'd already struggled though almost 800 pages to come to the satisfying conclusion, and the journey wasn't enjoyable for me. 
 Overall, I can't say that I enjoyed this book. The ending raised by rating by a tiny bit, but up until the bit of action at the end, my rating was 1 star. The pacing just made it so that I couldn't enjoy the book. While detail is good sometimes, sometimes it becomes too much - in this case, where the detail results in a book that I could use to knock somebody unconscious. I can't possibly say that you won't enjoy this book, because clearly so many people have, so I feel like in this case, this is wrong book wrong person. It just wasn't a good fit for me.