A few months ago I read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and while the writing was not anything to brag about, I did really enjoy the story/mystery.
I then, of course, bought the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire and was really disappointed. Not much of a story, way too much usage of phrases like "he gave her a searching look". A pet peeve of mine is also being too descriptive time and time again, so, every time someone eats an apple, I do not need to know about it, but in this book apparently I did. I also started to find the talents of the heroine a little too far-fetched. Lastly, the ending was ridiculous. Very disappointing.
Am currently reading Black Hills by another favorite author, Dan Simmons. After that, Peter Straub's new book.