Larsson's Obsessions

This is Larsson's first book published, so there isn't other material to compare or contrast this work with. This piece of literature is raunchy, and disgusting. Larsoon uses such sickening events matched with pathetic characters that luxuriate on sex, women, and murder. The novel is dark and wrongfully set in a place where women being an equal being does not exist. I wonder why Larsson worte such a story filled with not just mystery and thriller genre stamped to it, but with more depth. There are twists and turns that I didn't see coming and characters conveying depressing pasts which reflect their present life. The character the book is named after, Lisbeth Salander is maybe the darkest of all the characters. Not only her image that Stieg designed, but her past, her battles faced day in and out. Although Blomkvist is seen as a typical journalist he carries a failed marriage, a shattered relationship with his daughter, and a lover whom is a co-worker. Not to mention Lisbeth falls for Mikael, an odd pair if you ask me. Overall, Larsson illustrates cruelty and havoc in the novel causing unforgettable scenes.