The Girl Who Played With Fire

After reading the poetic and literary beauty 'One hundred years of solitude,' I was looking for a quick read and so I picked 'The girl who played with fire'-the second novel in The Millennium series by Steig Larsson. I had read 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' a couple of months ago and was completely enamored by it.
 

The first book took me by complete surprise. The plot was intriguing and the characters unique. Especially Lisbeth Salander-the protagonist was so different from any of the novels I have read so far. The saga of the Vangar family was filled with drama and mystery. I liked the fact that it was a very fast paced novel with several twists and turns. It was a thoroughly enjoyable mystery novel.
 

Obviously, my expectations were quite high from the second novel. It is a great book but somehow lacks the same grip as the first one. On its own it is brilliant but in comparison to the first one and as a sequel, I was a little disappointed. The adventures of Lisbeth Salander and Michael Blomkvist continue and several characters from the first novel play important roles in this one. I finished the book in two days straight. That has to say something about how much the book can involve you but at the end of it something feels incomplete. Maybe I shouldn't have had such high expectations and I could have enjoyed the book a little better.
 

I am yet to read the last of the trilogy 'The girl who kicked the hornet's nest.' The unusual personality of Lisbeth is the biggest highlight of this series. Her background, talents and experiences are what make the books so popular and interesting.