I have heard many good things about this book and therefore was a bit disappointed with its beginning. It is very slow getting started and I found myself constantly skimming through the seemingly endless impersonal facts presented about the characters. I don't think that it is a remotely effective mode of characterization. I felt both disconnected from the characters and frustrated with the utter lack of dynamism in the plot. I only started getting interested with the introduction of Lisbeth Salander. I think this is due to more personal nature of the description of her from the perspective of Armansky. However, my interest in the story wasn't really incited until the 100th page when Vanger tells Mikael that he wants him to discover who murdered Harriet.
I don't understand Larsson's need build up to this moment in the plot. I feel that it detracts from the book and that it's unreasonable to expect that a reader will keep reading up to that point. If I had just picked this book up and tried to read it I probably would have put it down and given up after the first ten pages. I am also a little confused by the proloque. There seems to be such a disconnect between the prologue and the rest of the book, or at least what I have read so far. However, for all my complaints I do feel intrigued by the story and am eager to keep reading it. My main issue is that this eagerness did not begin until the 100th page.
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