Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A Thriller Perfection

I very rarely say the word 'perfection', but I have never read anything like this book before.
It’s by far the best thriller and one of the best books I’ve ever read.

I will not ruin the plot for you.
The plot is so complex that a few irresponsible words will just be unfair.
I will only say that the book is part of a trilogy.

The author wrote the books for fun, not for them to be published.
So it still amazes me how such a piece of work that was done only for fun can be so great.

Too bad he passed away too soon, though.
Especially considering that he was actually going to write a series of ten, not just three.

Anyway, on with the review:

Plot
Griping, intelligent, complex, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, full of twists, just about everything you could hope for and more.

Characters
Memorable, deep, believable, lovably dysfunctional. They feel so real that you become lost in the universe.

Writing
Wonderfully done. It's easy to follow and keeps you reading in an honorable way, not in a cheap way like Dan Brown's.
And by cheap I mean something like,

Sato pointed to an empty docking station on the desk. “He uses a laptop. He took it with him.”
Simkins didn’t follow. “Does he have information you want to see?”
“No,” Sato replied, her tone grave. “He has information I want nobody to see.

We do finally get to see what the secret information is... in no less than 70 chapters later.
In Dan Brown's works, this formula is used repeatedly, even for the same secret.
It's frustrating and insulting.

This formula doesn't exist in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Larsson never holds back information. Everything is revealed through the eyes of the protagonists.
The mystery is not built by deliberately holding out facts and giving innuendos.
The mystery is within the plot itself.
It's satisfying.

Ow, and one more thing. This book gave me goosebumps, something I haven't had for a long time. It's spine chilling.

Conclusion
Go buy it!

Can't wait to get my hands on the second and third book.