The Girl Who Played With Ficus

Laura and Charlotte return to the Millennium series in this week's new episode of The Lettuce Podcast. They're talking about the second in Steig Larsson's original trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire. The conversation covers the book's rich and complicated cast of characters, the role of women in Sweden's society, Stieg Larsson's writing style, and more. Laura draws some similarities between main character Lisbeth Salander and the book's foremost villain, Zala. Charlotte shares appreciation for the novel's primary focus on Lisbeth as opposed to the prior book's focus on Mikael Blomkvist. Together the girls outline the problematic police force in Stockholm, wonder about Erika Berger's unique marriage, and make predictions about what a true romantic relationship between Lisbeth and Mikael would look like. Can Lisbeth come out of a triple murder accusation unscathed? Will Mikael be able to rekindle his friendship with Listbeth? And what the hell does a professional boxed have to do with this crime thriller story? All these questions and more are discussed on this week's new episode!

After a long and spirited conversation about The Girl Who Played With Fire's long list of complex characters, Laura and Charlotte only had time for one game in the Fun & Games segment. They used a name generator to find out what their Swedish names would be!

This week's podtails were inspired by events in the book! Charlotte sipped on wine just like Mikael at his sister's birthday party. Laura enjoyed a fruity cocktail called Tropical Temptation in honor of Lisbeth's vacation (and love affair!) in the Caribbean.  


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Don't forget to join us next week for another episode of The Lettuce Beets. Charlotte will be taking over the moderator spot for the next topic episode of The Lettuce Podcast. She and Laura will travel to a galaxy far, far away to cover the new film Star Wars: The Last Jedi!

Until then,
Arugulater!