Book Review Competition!

A new book that links Psychological theories to popular fiction has been published. Can you write a book review good enough to post on this blog?  If you can you could win a prized 'limited edition' psychology badge and some really tasty jelly brains!

The book focuses on Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Millenium trilogy follows the story of one of the most compelling, complex characters of our time. Is she an avenging angel? A dangerous outlaw? What makes Salander tick, and why is our response to her—and to Larsson’s Millennium trilogy—so strong?

In The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 19 psychologists and psychiatrists attempt to do what even expert investigator Mikael Blomkvist could not: understand Lisbeth Salander.

What does Lisbeth’s infamous dragon tattoo really say about her? Why is Lisbeth so drawn to Mikael, and what would they both need to do to make a relationship work? How do we explain men like Martin Vanger, Nils Bjurman, and Alexander Zalachenko? Is Lisbeth just as sexist and as psychopathic as they are?What is it about Lisbeth that allows her to survive, even thrive, under extraordinary conditions? How is Lisbeth like a Goth-punk Rorschach test? And what do we learn about ourselves from what we see in her?

Your task is to explain how well the book answers the questions.


If you haven't read this book you can review any book that you have read that has a  Psychological theme, there are plenty available from the Psychology lending library in room W12 or from the College library.  They include books such as 'Serial Killers', 'The Afterlife Experiments', 'The Barmaid's Brain', 'Why Love Matters' and many many more interesting titles. Have a browse on the shelves and see if anything takes your interest.  After you have read the book post your review here as a reply to this blog

The best ones will appear here  Good luck!