The Girl Who Played with Fire

The art is great. They did a good job cutting down the story. I recommend to any fan of the series.

great

I love the stories about L. Salander. The way they are present as graphic novel are fascinating.

I finished this quicker than I anticipated. Suspenseful with elegant and beautiful illustrations. I read through this in less than an hour - that's how enthralled and invested I was in the story, wanting to see what dark spaces Lisbeth was dropping herself into. Plenty of subterfuge and provocation to keep your brain guessing. I anticipate the release of the third book.

a great novel and hard to find

Great book

absolutely awesome book, best in the series

Loved it

Very gritty - unfortunately in some ways we are such fans of the Swedish trilogy with Noomi Rapace this just adds another dimension and meant Simon could relive it when he spent 2 months in hospital not being able to read properly and the pics helped him keep sense of the narrative. Some of the artwork is superb.

Well, I did prefer the first volume, to be entirely honest. The drawing style has changed a lot. Here all the images are more angular, lines are less soft than the previous work. I'm not that familiar with the artists so I can't exactly pinpoint where lies the difference. But for me it was huge. Also I had trouble following the plot at some point. There were events going on in the book and I was barely aware of them. And I've read the original book and watched the movie, so I was supposed to know what was going on there. Still, I felt like there was lots of things missing. I'll probably read the third volume when - or if - it's published.

Good condition thanks

The main problem with TGWPWF is that it is not a theatrical story with very little of the puzzle-solving and mystery of of the first. Most of the story is delivered through dialogue and people talking about the past. It's hardly gripping stuff. This graphic novel fixes most of the crippling pacing issues and tightens the story, making it far more interesting. Lisbeth Salander returns from her self-imposed exile to Stockholm, but keeps Mikael at a distance. Their paths are about to cross (in a series of unbelievable coincidences) in a plot involving sex traffickers (which is mostly unseen) and Lisbeth's past. As much as it's better than the movie it still lacks any defining imagery or standout moments. Vertigo presents it here in one single volume, unlike TGWTDT, since there is no point where it can be split or made into a cliff hanger. There is still a couple of scenes where the panel progression is a bit confusing, and some of the characters look a bit too similar. It's very hard to tell the difference between Blomkvist and Niedermann, which is critical since they are polar opposites. They should have been drawn better. Certainly worth reading, and at 288 pages, you'll get through it in a day, like I did, if you enjoy it.

Liked the original book. I believe they did a good job at adapting it to graphic novel. Didn't feel rush as often this adaptation do