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ebbsyn 's review for:
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz
Read the original Swedish version.
A very disappointing experience for me. I really really wanted to like it. I suffered through the whole thing in the hopes it would get better. The original triology are an easy 5 out of 5, a unique experience and among my favorite books ever. Sadly the new author completely failed to capture what made them great in my opinion.
The book tries very hard to have a sexy noir mystery vibe, and ends up being shallow, objectifying and frankly, boring. The emotional gut punches are gone. The feminist edge is missing. The elements of social commentary, emotional catharsis and antihero revenge are nowhere to be found. And it's all the more noticable because the original books did it so well.
Now the characters, male and female, are cardboard cutouts of what they should be. They're just not believable. And I wish I had a nickel for every time the narrator tries to introduce a character only to get awkwardly hung up on their looks. Then the book would at least have paid for itself.
A very disappointing experience for me. I really really wanted to like it. I suffered through the whole thing in the hopes it would get better. The original triology are an easy 5 out of 5, a unique experience and among my favorite books ever. Sadly the new author completely failed to capture what made them great in my opinion.
The book tries very hard to have a sexy noir mystery vibe, and ends up being shallow, objectifying and frankly, boring. The emotional gut punches are gone. The feminist edge is missing. The elements of social commentary, emotional catharsis and antihero revenge are nowhere to be found. And it's all the more noticable because the original books did it so well.
Now the characters, male and female, are cardboard cutouts of what they should be. They're just not believable. And I wish I had a nickel for every time the narrator tries to introduce a character only to get awkwardly hung up on their looks. Then the book would at least have paid for itself.