I should start by saying I hated The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Read it on a long plane trip, and the only reason I read The Girl Who Played with Fire was because I'd already bought it for the trip home. But, being the incredibly positive guy that I am, I am posting this review under the more positive headline.

I liked the second book for two reasons. One, it was much better plotted (the first book reaches it's climax with about 150 pages to go). And two, there was a lot more of the...