Date Started: 12/21/11
Date Finished: 12/26/11
One-Word Summary: Conclusory
So we finally arrive at the third book in the famous series, continuing the story of Lisbeth Salander and all of the other characters we have come to know in the first two books.
Same issue came up in this book: moments of not quite believing the dialogue because a natural English speaker wouldn't use those exact phrases. But it's never overpowering such that it ruins the experience of reading the book. I'd say the biggest change in this book is that we get a lot more of Berger and her story (moving to SMP and then being harassed) and we also get a lot of explanatory notes about the secret organization that allowed for everything to happen to Salander (the Zalachenko club as Blomkvist calls them).
In a nutshell, almost everything is resolved in this book. Salander is exonerated of all the charges against her and her guardianship is revoked. She ultimately allows Blomkvist back into her life (granted it took until the last page, which to me seemed a bit unlikely given that by that point he had saved her life more than once). Zalachenko is killed, Ronald, her murderous half-brother is also killed, and Teleborian is arrested for child pornography charges (there is a gratifying court scene with Blomkvist's sister acting as Lisbeth's attorney). All those involved in the cover-up of Zalachenko and Salander are arrested (if they weren't already dead) and all of the loose ends are tied up. Save one. We are never given an explanation of Lisbeth's twin - where is she, what kind of person she is, and why she refuses any contact with Lisbeth. That point bothered me.
I'm very glad that I finally read these books. They more than lived up to their reputation and I would definitely recommend others read them.
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