This was a surprisingly good book. I say "surprisingly" because I came to the reading having heard tons of hype and assuming (as is usually the case,) that the hype was unfounded. Same way I felt about The DaVinci Code, and I was right that time.

But this book is truly an interesting and engaging read with at least one wholly new and complex character in "the girl with the dragon tattoo." Unfortunately, after devouring this book, I greatly looked forward to reading the two other books in the trilogy and found the second one sucked pretty bad. Very disappointing.

But this one is good. I recommend it.