The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

If you like action adventure and/or mystery novels, this is a really well-written one. I enjoyed it though it dragged on a while. After solving the initial mystery, the book goes on for four more chapters resolving three other plot points. Though it does belabor the denouement, it leaves nothing unresolved.

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How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was so great and so funny. Then it took kind of a dark turn and told the story of her abortion. I agree with her that these stories need to be told but I think they'd be more enlightening in the plural where different reasons, procedures, and reactions are explored. Obviously abortion is an important issue of feminism- of human rights really. However, in this book which is mostly a light-hearted introduction to feminism, this story might push away the very people she's speaking to, those that need to be reminded that feminism is a vital movement.

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