I enjoyed reading all of the other comments, to know that I was not wrong in not liking this book! It was hard to follow, the new characters were uninteresting (except for the niece) There was too much violence. Not enough of the two main characters. The part where the girl running away, just happened to be found b y Lisbeth in the woods, hardly believable even in fiction. It seems like she is trying to develop a new monster character in Branco, also too disgusting to be believed. Very disappointing after the brilliance of the former books.