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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
Lisbeth Salander has been watching her sister for months, waiting for the perfect time to make her move. Blomkvist will do anything he can to help her, but he's in some trouble of his own. An unidentified man was found dead, with Blomkvist's number on a scrap of paper in his pocket. As Blomkvist investigates the death he discovers the mysterious man had a connection to a prominent government minister, forged during an ill fated climb of Everest many years earlier. It's up to Blomkvist to work out what really happened on the mountain, and whether it is linked to the death of a man in Sweden all these years later.
This book picks up fairly swiftly where book five left off. Salander is on the run, hiding from her murderous sister. Blomkvist is working on his story about the financial crisis caused by hackers. The financial crisis story is soon put to one side though, as we get into the investigation that makes up the bones of this book - a dead homeless man with links to the government defence minister.
I enjoyed reading about the investigation into Minister Forsell and the trip up Everest. I thought Lagercrantz did a good job of detailing the climb and the difficulties the climbers faced. Lagercrantz also does a great job of unveiling the events that happened on the mountain slowly, keeping the reader hooked as the book progresses.
The Salander storyline has been a long time coming, and I'm glad that we seem to get some closure on this story arc. It will be interesting to see where Salander goes from here.
I appreciated the addition of Catrin as a new character. I'm hoping her and Blomkvist may work together on their investigations in future books. I'm generally reluctant to praise journalists and reporters, I find them unliveable as characters. Blomkvist has worked himself into my favour though and I can see Catrin going the same way.
Another fantastic instalment of the Millennium series, hopefully there is still more to come.
This book picks up fairly swiftly where book five left off. Salander is on the run, hiding from her murderous sister. Blomkvist is working on his story about the financial crisis caused by hackers. The financial crisis story is soon put to one side though, as we get into the investigation that makes up the bones of this book - a dead homeless man with links to the government defence minister.
I enjoyed reading about the investigation into Minister Forsell and the trip up Everest. I thought Lagercrantz did a good job of detailing the climb and the difficulties the climbers faced. Lagercrantz also does a great job of unveiling the events that happened on the mountain slowly, keeping the reader hooked as the book progresses.
The Salander storyline has been a long time coming, and I'm glad that we seem to get some closure on this story arc. It will be interesting to see where Salander goes from here.
I appreciated the addition of Catrin as a new character. I'm hoping her and Blomkvist may work together on their investigations in future books. I'm generally reluctant to praise journalists and reporters, I find them unliveable as characters. Blomkvist has worked himself into my favour though and I can see Catrin going the same way.
Another fantastic instalment of the Millennium series, hopefully there is still more to come.
Not my favorite one of the series, but it’s always fun to be back in the world of Lisbeth Salander. She’s one of my favorite fictional characters (and she doesn’t care at all). :-)
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I'm happy to get more of Lisbeth and Lagercrantz has finally gotten Stieg's style down, however, even as an evolution of her character she and the world around her feel sparce and troupey. I enjoyed this better, but it read with too much plot directness and less direction. When past are characters cluster name dropped, it comes off cheap, but without them involved it feels like filler to satisfy older fans. I have never enjoyed "the lone hero into the den of the bad guy" as a climax set piece. Here it's rushed and clumsy and I saw the seams of plot armor, not that I want character I like to die. Characters finding their way into near danger is great, but when you can see the string and the very intelligent characters cannot, it hampens enjoyment and becomes less believable. I did enjoy the political intrigue and further usage of the wider world's violent and often misogynisti male background charaters. Some of the past misogynistic male characters felt like one trick ponies that never learned their lesson though, never grew from their experiences. One part of the origina trilogy was a world of "men who hate women" and the fight of Lisbeth against that world. I felt like that fight was acknowledged, but left wanting. I don't want more women being harmed, however, Lisbeth as a challenger of that ugly world, is what made me want to read about her. Her behaviour and intellect kept we reading. That's what is in the blood of the series. I'll read the next book, but please we don't need action heroes.
Ok let's talk about a few things...
The continuation of these books still has the following:
Not enough Salander
A lot of boring set up
A pretty good ending
However, let's also talk about Google Glass. First of all this book isn't old, it's new, it's 2019. But, 3/4 of the way into the book suddenly Salander is putting on her google glass. This came out of no where and there's nothing written about what she's using it for. It's just there. And, it's mentioned more than once. I'm sorry but while I'm sure she can hack glass - it's so random in the book. As a person who had the original glass, there is no longer a glass program for individuals anymore. So, this even being a thing just seems weird and out of place. - Sorry I'm sure this means nothing to no one but me and a few other thousand people who had glass but I found it distracting.
The continuation of these books still has the following:
Not enough Salander
A lot of boring set up
A pretty good ending
However, let's also talk about Google Glass. First of all this book isn't old, it's new, it's 2019. But, 3/4 of the way into the book suddenly Salander is putting on her google glass. This came out of no where and there's nothing written about what she's using it for. It's just there. And, it's mentioned more than once. I'm sorry but while I'm sure she can hack glass - it's so random in the book. As a person who had the original glass, there is no longer a glass program for individuals anymore. So, this even being a thing just seems weird and out of place. - Sorry I'm sure this means nothing to no one but me and a few other thousand people who had glass but I found it distracting.
Of all the books in the Lisbeth Salander series, this was my least favorite. And I have read them all. While this book did have a heart thumping, page turning finale, I found the story difficult to follow. There were just too many scenarios happening at once. In additional, I found that it basically dragged along until it neared the end, when it picked up dramatically all at once.
David Lagercrantz is good, but he's no StiegLarsson.
David Lagercrantz is good, but he's no StiegLarsson.
The book should have been titled The Girl Who Should Have Been in this Book More But Wasn't. Our dragon girl makes an appearance in the beginning, pops up a couple of times throughout and then zooms in at the end on her bike. Not enough of Lisbeth and too much of other people I didn't care about. It's about very rich people who go mountain climbing. Don't care about them. There's an accident. Well du'uh! Don't expect me to care about you if you go somewhere you shouldn't. Too many flashbacks about the accident on the mountain. The book is stuck in the past looking backwards so it lacks forward motion. With Lisbeth playing a minor roll, the story moves like a glacier. Maybe somebody else should take over the narrative. If you're handed the greatest protagonist in thrillers in decades and you don't do anything with her, then it's clearly time to hang it up because you've run out of steam.
These books get worse as they go on. Lisbeth is a shadow of her former self and barely featured in the novel. The story was filled with so many new characters that disappeared halfway through the novel, only for new ones to appear.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Blood
Minor: Child abuse