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3.11 AVERAGE


Way to beat a dead horse. Couldn’t get past the first few hours of reading. It’s a shame they keep putting these out. 
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Thanks to Netgalley and Knopf for the opportunity to read and review this title prior to publication. This series is one of my favorites, and I was delighted to see it was getting a portion of the series and being written by a woman. Book #7 brings the main characters out of Stockholm to the northern tundra. One of the best parts of this series is the intricate plotting, with a number of huge storylines weaving together so that you have no idea how the author will possibly bring them all together. Smirnoff pulls it off beautifully in this installment, book #7 in the series. I really loved the introduction of Svala, Lisbeth's niece, and I can't wait to read more about the two of them in coming books. There were a number of times I had to suspend disbelief, but I was so happy to be back with Lisbeth and Mikael. Also really fun reading about the bitter cold landscape during a run of hot weather!

Completely different style and vibe to previous millennium books. Time to stop flogging a dead horse
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
challenging mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is like a throwback to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. There are similar crimes, landscapes and stakes. I enjoyed the family ties and the mystery was well done even if it lacked that Larsson spark. I feel confident in Millennium’s future with Smirnoff.