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The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz
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.