Journal Entry 1 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, August 19, 2011

Despite all the hype, I put off reading this for ages because I'd been told it was violent. I just can't stomach even the violence that other people don't mind so much...

But my cousin got married this summer, and her wedding invitation arrived lined with a page from this book. It was through this book that she and her husband met, so Mr P and I decided we really ought to read it before the wedding.

I would agree that it's violent, but also that it's "several cuts above most thrillers" with a complex plot. Still not sure that I'm going to read the second in the series, though. However, I laughed at the pictures of the three front covers for the trilogy (inside the back cover) - the dragon is slowly creeping up Salander's back and over her shoulder towards her chest! 

Journal Entry 2 by potok-fan at Little Britannia (Kauppahalli) in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Friday, August 19, 2011

Released 9 mos ago (8/19/2011 UTC) at Little Britannia (Kauppahalli) in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland

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A gift to you from me, Potok-fan. Keep it as long as you want, and then pass it along to somebody else :)