I got caught with the pace straight away even though I had some doubt about it. The only thing that bothers me is his insistence that reader admire all of the mac gadgets they have,drooling at how cutting edge they are, of which frankly I couldn't care less. I can't say that I admire or even like Lisbeth either. I think Stieg Larsson put too much effort in trying to be cool which didn't attract much of my sympathy.