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1.88k reviews for:
The Girl in the Spider's Web: Continuing Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo Series
David Lagercrantz
3.57 AVERAGE
1.88k reviews for:
The Girl in the Spider's Web: Continuing Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo Series
David Lagercrantz
3.57 AVERAGE
Thank you for continuing the Millennium series. Life is more interesting with Lisabeth Salander in it. Good story, lots of action, and supported by a cast of well-developed characters. Can't wait for the next one.
3.5
3 seems too harsh but 4 is saying it's as good as the Steig Larsson originals which it's not (the characters are great but at times it feels overly complicated) it's more a solid 3.5.
3 seems too harsh but 4 is saying it's as good as the Steig Larsson originals which it's not (the characters are great but at times it feels overly complicated) it's more a solid 3.5.
I don't often write reviews, but I feel compelled to with this book. I had such high hopes that David would continue the amazing story that Stieg started. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment for three main reasons.
First and most importantly, David did not get Lisbeth right. Her dialogue is all wrong. She doesn't have the same edge. She's just a different character. I fear literature has forever lost an amazingly badass character and heroine.
Second, Stieg attacked the issue of violence against women head on with this series. It gave the books gravity. David barely gave a head nod to those issues. His writing lacked substance or purpose. David just wrote a story. Stieg wrote something that mattered.
Third, there was no tension or intensity. Each of the prior books built so much tension and then delivered in spades. David didn't build tension and didn't provide much of a climax. The last 100 pages were a real let down. The bad guys get off easy. There were one or two spots where I stopped reading and said out loud, "What a cop out."
I basically got to the point where I was just reading to finish it so I could go on to my next book. Before, I never wanted them to end.
Sad face.
First and most importantly, David did not get Lisbeth right. Her dialogue is all wrong. She doesn't have the same edge. She's just a different character. I fear literature has forever lost an amazingly badass character and heroine.
Second, Stieg attacked the issue of violence against women head on with this series. It gave the books gravity. David barely gave a head nod to those issues. His writing lacked substance or purpose. David just wrote a story. Stieg wrote something that mattered.
Third, there was no tension or intensity. Each of the prior books built so much tension and then delivered in spades. David didn't build tension and didn't provide much of a climax. The last 100 pages were a real let down. The bad guys get off easy. There were one or two spots where I stopped reading and said out loud, "What a cop out."
I basically got to the point where I was just reading to finish it so I could go on to my next book. Before, I never wanted them to end.
Sad face.
Definitely not as good as the others. Took a long time to pick up speed and interest.
I thought that Lagercrantz’s writing style seamlessly imitated Larsson’s and I loved that Lisbeth’s sister has come back into the narrative. Enjoyed and will be reading the next two!
Not a lot of depth in the characters and Lisbeth seems too nice. Unlike the previous Millennium books. But it's exciting and fun to read anyway!
I don't know how this book managed to be all exposition?
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
I originally wasn't going to continue on in the series, but when I saw that this book was written by a different author, I thought I'd give it a try. I wish I hadn't. The story structure is incredibly poor, the plot boring and maddeningly simple. At one point, the author has us go through a shooting scene 6-8 times with different perspectives, which was incredibly annoying as it added absolutely nothing to the story. The book says that it's a 'Lisbeth Salander' story yet she is barely a character in it. Also the decision to suddenly make Salander obsessed with Marvel comics and have this be a part of her tragic backstory was an incredibly poor decision on the new author's part as this had not been mentioned in any of the previous books. Mikael is boring as always and the woman that he fell desperately in love with at the end of the last book is nowhere to be seen with zero explanation as to where she's gone.
The way the author talks about neurodivergent people in this book is annoying and disgusting, even moreso than the previous books. The past books were passable due to the time period and context; this time it's unforgivable as there's no reason for it outside of the author's prejudices. The author also perpetuates the stereotype of autistic people being savants; he states that only 10% (it's actually less) of autistic people have savant syndrome, and yet every neurodivergent character in this book is able to immediately solve fibonacci sequences and is the top, most respected person in their field. I hated the way August was depicted as a mindless drone who would just follow every one of Salander's barked commands; based on my years of working with autistic clients and being autistic myself, I found his depiction to be incredibly inaccurate and borderline offensive.
All in all, this was a waste of time. I will definitely not be continuing on, even though I know the last book was written by a third author.
The way the author talks about neurodivergent people in this book is annoying and disgusting, even moreso than the previous books. The past books were passable due to the time period and context; this time it's unforgivable as there's no reason for it outside of the author's prejudices. The author also perpetuates the stereotype of autistic people being savants; he states that only 10% (it's actually less) of autistic people have savant syndrome, and yet every neurodivergent character in this book is able to immediately solve fibonacci sequences and is the top, most respected person in their field. I hated the way August was depicted as a mindless drone who would just follow every one of Salander's barked commands; based on my years of working with autistic clients and being autistic myself, I found his depiction to be incredibly inaccurate and borderline offensive.
All in all, this was a waste of time. I will definitely not be continuing on, even though I know the last book was written by a third author.
Se há alguns livros que me tenham marcado acima dos outros quando estava a começar os meus hábitos de leitura foi esta trilogia. Consigo agora, com toda a clareza, afirmar que foram as obras de Stieg Larsson que me conduziram à realização de que o mundo não era assim tão cor de rosa como eu o pintava, e iniciou-me naquilo que sou hoje, uma feminista.
É por isso uma espécie de sonho ter esta obra continuada e acompanhar mais uma vez os enredos de Lisbeth Salander e de Mikael Blomkvist, mesmo que, infelizmente não pelo mesmo autor.
Queria poder desenvolver mais mas a verdade é que já li a trilogia há algum tempo e por isso fico-me por aqui, à espera que haja mais a caminho.
É por isso uma espécie de sonho ter esta obra continuada e acompanhar mais uma vez os enredos de Lisbeth Salander e de Mikael Blomkvist, mesmo que, infelizmente não pelo mesmo autor.
Queria poder desenvolver mais mas a verdade é que já li a trilogia há algum tempo e por isso fico-me por aqui, à espera que haja mais a caminho.