The girl with the dragon tattoo
by Denise Mina, Andrea Mutti, Leonardo Manco · first published 2012
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…couldn't put down. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - loved the main story of the book, the controversial ending didn't bother me too much because I don't feel like it takes away from the story at all. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson - cheap fun and suspenseful The Road by Cormac McCarthy - I don't think much needs to be said about this book White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - extremely…
on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗…have better taste on their choice too. Stephen King's Favorite: This Book Will Save Your Life by A. M. Homes Saturday by Ian McEwan The Mad Cook of Pymatuning: A Novel by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel by Stef Penney When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel by Kate Atkinson J.K. Rowling's Favorite: The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers I Capture…
on “What books would you recommend reading? Why?” ↗I remember reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and thinking it was like reading an IKEA catalog thanks to all the Scandinavian names. And then there was a scene (in the second book, IIRC), where there literally is a listing of products from the IKEA…
on “The Curious Case of IKEA Vocabulary” ↗…there are better tests you could do. Ideally, you would choose a book that was published recently—after the model’s cut-off date—which is considered to be a good translation. But even something like The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which is not particularly new and by no means obscure, would be better than a famous work of literature like The Three Musketeers that has many translations.
on “"Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?"” ↗The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) was an absolute shitfest. The critics gave it rave reviews. So was the book, and the critics gave that rave reviews. I'm not sure how critical opinion shapes my evaluation of a film. (My…
on “Why We Can't Tell Good Wine From Bad (2011)” ↗Pax is another one that violates the rule that someone pointed out lower. Also Malm is a surname which is another violation of the rule (one of the characters in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was named, if I recall correctly, Stefan Malm). I remember reading the books with my then-wife and she said it was like reading an IKEA catalog. I thought she was referring to the character/place names,…
on “How does IKEA come up with names for its products?” ↗