A review by misshappyapples
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz

4.0

So this and [b:The Girl in the Spider's Web|25074850|The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4)|David Lagercrantz|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1427843648s/25074850.jpg|27669153] are not bad books. They'r entertaining and while their narratives may meander at times, the characters are interesting and the plots sufficiently page turning. The problem, of course, is that the characters don't belong to the author and he never manages to get them quite right. Lisbeth Salander is an extremely tricky character. I'm not sure that anyone would have been up to the task of writing her. But protagonist Mikael Blomkvist is equally out of whack here. Most of his quirks and mannerisms are gone in favor of a generic stand in. The language, too, was often stilted. I'm not sure if it was because of the translation or if Lagercrantz is just not that good.

But there was a lot to enjoy here. The plot initially seemed all over the place, but came together in a grand conspiracy that was fun if improbable.