the dragon tattooed, fire proof girl of Stieg Larsson

I loved 'the girl'. She is "a pale, skinny young woman who had hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows. She had a wasp tattoo about two centimeters on her neck, a tattooed loop around the bicep of her left arm, another loop around her left ankle, a Chinese symbol on her hip and a rose on her left calf. On those occasions when she had been wearing a tank top, a dragon tattoo can be seen on her left shoulder blade." Exotic. But the books are nightmarish , too chilling and inhumane. The italicized parts give you the creeps. They are bulky and I took almost 1 month to read. This is my holiday read ! No complaints , as expected these thrillers leave me numb and dumb.