So, I just finished reading the final book in the “Girl who” whatever series. The books were great, there is also a movie coming out about the first one soon.
I found the books to be a very interesting tale, if a slow one. The first book took a painfully long time to get moving, but it’s really required setup for the second and third. So much happens at the beginning of the first book that seems disjointed and unnecessary, but once you get sucked in it really holds on.
Of the books, I believe the second was the best, but what’s really getting me isn’t the books so much right now, it’s trying to decide whether or not I really want to go see the movie that’s coming out soon. The books were pretty brutal, and with David Fincher directing you can be the movie’s going to be too.
I’m normally really into dark and gritty movies, and maybe this is old age mellowing me out a little bit, but I don’t want to watch the scenes that are described in the book. I can identify with the characters and understand the tale perfectly well reading the book, I don’t want to see the multiple rape scenes from the book being portrayed on the big screen.
But then again, it does have what seems to be an amazing soundtrack. Nine Inch Nails and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs teaming up to do a Led Zepplin cover? HELL YES!
Anyhow, I probably will see the movie at some point. The original sweedish book was called “Men who hate women”, and like I said there are many scenes that really drive that title home. The books do tell a compelling story and I would recommend them, but bear in mind that it takes a while to get going.
The reviews of the movie are all saying it’s fantastic, but really graphic and that kinda scares me. I understand the story well enough at this point, that I think I can do without seeing what they’re talking about on the big screen.
Besides, the first book isn’t the best on in the series. It’s more of a “getting to know you” book where you meet the cast and then you spend the next two books really discovering what made them the way they are, which is what I found to be the most interesting.
