For our most recent meeting, we had four attendees, all of which had just about finished this months book. It certainly isn't the first book we have read which has a film based on it, but it quite possibly the first book I've read with book group after seeing the film, so a slightly unique experience for me!
The overall consensus of the book was good. July and I had our worries that it might be quite graphic/gruesome (as the film has some slightly disturbing scenes) however the book actually handled these scenarios well (and they seemed a lot smaller, and a lot less 'over the top' than the film).
Lizzie has already moved onto the next book in the series, The Girl Who Played with Fire, so needles to say she enjoyed the first a lot!
Jenny's two sentence summary of the book is 'A great story which kept me gripped and questioning "who done it" all the way to the end...! Well written with some interesting and likeable characters.' 4.5 stars
Lizzie's summary is 'I liked the pace and style of the writing plus I loved the idea of the story all set on that weird snowy island. I think I probably would have fancied Mikael Blomkvist - clearly an essential point to make. And yes I went straight on to read the second book so I must have liked it (on the thrid now).' 4 stars
Despite having previously seen the film, I was also gripped right to the end. I feel Jenny's rating is spot on, so I will follow suit. 4.5 stars
