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schmeedlyboi 's review for:
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz
DID NOT FINISH: 16%
I started reading under the guise that this was made off of the partial rough draft written by Stieg Larsson before his death and finished by Lagercrantz. I then found out that Larsson's partner is in possession of the rough draft and that the series IP, now owned by Larsson's brother and father, does not want anything to do with Larsson's notes and drafts outside of the original trilogy and would rather contact the publisher to contract a random author to write their own trilogy, starting with this book, than to contact Larsson's partner to finish the actual work Larsson started. In essence, Lagercrantz's work in this series is mere fan-fiction to Larsson's actual work.
Aside from that, I never gotten into Lagercrantz's writing with this novel. He has a burning love for overdrawn expositions of new characters, of which he introduces at least four or five this way before we even meet Salander again, and speaking of which, I personally didn't like how Lagercrantz wrote Salander and Blomkvist's relationship in this book. I stopped around pg 68 and will most likely not return, as there are plenty of other novels I'd rather invest my time reading instead.
I'd still recommend the original trilogy by Larsson.
Aside from that, I never gotten into Lagercrantz's writing with this novel. He has a burning love for overdrawn expositions of new characters, of which he introduces at least four or five this way before we even meet Salander again, and speaking of which, I personally didn't like how Lagercrantz wrote Salander and Blomkvist's relationship in this book. I stopped around pg 68 and will most likely not return, as there are plenty of other novels I'd rather invest my time reading instead.
I'd still recommend the original trilogy by Larsson.