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athenameilahn 's review for:
The Girl Who Lived Twice
by David Lagercrantz
Although I got the hardcover version of this as a gift a year or 2 ago, I read this in audio form so I could read while walking, cooking and driving (the little I do these days). I’d had the book at least 2 yrs so I figured it was a chance to finally read it.
It’s not as good as Stieg Larsson’s originals. While the various threads do eventually entwine as you’d expect, they spent too much time separate without a compelling problem or threat to care that much. I didn’t feel urgency until the final 1.5hrs. I think the first 3 books in the series did the best job of setting the scene while also presenting the characters. In fact, the characters in this felt really one dimensional. Several like Erika, Mickael, Lisbeth, Boblonsky (spelling?) are in earlier books so there isn’t as much ground to cover, but they were so blandly portrayed here that you didn’t feel like you were happily revisiting familiar figures.
It felt a bit mediocre. It checked the boxes for a Salander book. Mickael didn’t have that much to really do like in other books.
This was a decent audio book, but not stellar.
It’s not as good as Stieg Larsson’s originals. While the various threads do eventually entwine as you’d expect, they spent too much time separate without a compelling problem or threat to care that much. I didn’t feel urgency until the final 1.5hrs. I think the first 3 books in the series did the best job of setting the scene while also presenting the characters. In fact, the characters in this felt really one dimensional. Several like Erika, Mickael, Lisbeth, Boblonsky (spelling?) are in earlier books so there isn’t as much ground to cover, but they were so blandly portrayed here that you didn’t feel like you were happily revisiting familiar figures.
It felt a bit mediocre. It checked the boxes for a Salander book. Mickael didn’t have that much to really do like in other books.
This was a decent audio book, but not stellar.