Gripping
Unputdownable
Book of the Millenium

The above three sums it all for Stieg Larsson's millenium trilogy.

I came across this author when his book was (and still) is the number 1 read in the chart. So i decided to get the first book - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Since then i was hooked!
I finished the first one in two days (it's quite thick), then the second - The Girl who Played with Fire in four days (i was being lazy), and now the final book (which i am still reading) The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, the author's final book before he passed away.

You know how it is when you are so engrossed with the story that you had to finish it, that was what i did..i roamed the streets of Hanoi on my bicycle (which i don't do often) searching for the third and final book, and finally found it at a shop called Bookworm (duh!!), which was very near where i stay.

The author based his book's main character, Lisbeth Salander, on Pippi Longstocking, the famous fictional character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Nine-year-old Pippi is unconventional, assertive, and has superhuman strength, being able to lift her horse one-handed without difficulty. She frequently mocks and dupes adults she encounters, usually reserves her worst behavior for the most pompous and condescending of adults.

For Stieg Larsson's version, Lisbeth was intended as "gone wrong version" of Pippi Longstocking. Lisbeth is unconventional, can bestow terrible damage to whoever mistreats her and, just like Pippi, toys easily with people older than her and who believe they can outsmart her, when it truly is her who has the upper hand all along. Also, like Pippi, she demonstrates an indestructible moral sense that functions only under her own personal terms.

It might not sound that interesting here but just get the book and read it.

For me, I might get Pippi as my next 'burnt the midnight oil' read, getting curious now... :-)