In chapters 5 and 6 of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the story swerves into the delightfully macabre as the mysteries thicken, motives rot, and characters deepen in ways that only Stieg Larsson could cook up.
Read MoreIn Stieg Larsson’s gripping novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, chapters 3 and 4 reveal layers of political tension, family intrigue, and personal vendettas—all woven tightly into the mystery that journalist Mikael Blomkvist is on the brink of uncovering.
Read MoreIn The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Chapters 1 and 2 plunge the reader into a world where corporate and political ambitions clash with sharp social critique. As the story opens, we see the fallout of a government campaign to promote democracy in Eastern Europe—a move intended to tap into emerging markets and fuel economic […]
Read MoreReading “The Stepford Wives” sparked my thoughts on robots, especially in the context of space mining. It seems plausible given the advancements in AI; why haven’t we seen more robotic involvement in space, with robots mining the moon and transporting resources back to Earth?
Read More“Reflex,” penned by Steven Gould, delves into the lives of teleporters David and Millie. Within the pages of this novel, David finds himself ensnared by a covert international organization of remarkable sophistication, surpassing even the capabilities of the NSA or FBI. Meanwhile, Millie seeks refuge in the heart of a Texas cliff cave, setting the […]
Read MoreBefore the movie of the same name, there was Susanna Kaysen’s 1967 book: Girl Interrupted. A book that highlighted life in a Massachusetts mental institution for the rich; a book that highlights teenage girls’ obsession with diets, figures, and Ex-Lax; a book about racism; a book about drugs, suicide, and incest; a book about institutional […]
Read MoreHere’s a Laird Koenig novel about a young girl with secrets, who lives alone, and lives in her head. However, Rynn is not a normal child because everyone around her disappears. Where are her parents, because nobody has seen them.
Read MoreHere’s my take on the 2007 Swedish novel “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larrson. It’s the last novel in a trilogy about a hacker, Lisbeth Salander. Essentially, the novel’s ideas have been done to death in the past, but this novel reinterprets those old ideas in a different way to mainly […]
Read MoreIn regards to highlights, the 2007 novel “Jumper Griffin’s Story,” by Steven Gould, picks up before Jumper, the 2008 movie. It’s about Griffin O’Connor, a jumper a.k.a teleporter. With that, Griffen’s family Is on the run from the Paladins, a secret world-wide shadowy organization. Moreover, Griffen winds up wth an undocumented immigrant family in order […]
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