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speakwithadam 's review for:
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz
I don't often write reviews, but I feel compelled to with this book. I had such high hopes that David would continue the amazing story that Stieg started. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment for three main reasons.
First and most importantly, David did not get Lisbeth right. Her dialogue is all wrong. She doesn't have the same edge. She's just a different character. I fear literature has forever lost an amazingly badass character and heroine.
Second, Stieg attacked the issue of violence against women head on with this series. It gave the books gravity. David barely gave a head nod to those issues. His writing lacked substance or purpose. David just wrote a story. Stieg wrote something that mattered.
Third, there was no tension or intensity. Each of the prior books built so much tension and then delivered in spades. David didn't build tension and didn't provide much of a climax. The last 100 pages were a real let down. The bad guys get off easy. There were one or two spots where I stopped reading and said out loud, "What a cop out."
I basically got to the point where I was just reading to finish it so I could go on to my next book. Before, I never wanted them to end.
Sad face.
First and most importantly, David did not get Lisbeth right. Her dialogue is all wrong. She doesn't have the same edge. She's just a different character. I fear literature has forever lost an amazingly badass character and heroine.
Second, Stieg attacked the issue of violence against women head on with this series. It gave the books gravity. David barely gave a head nod to those issues. His writing lacked substance or purpose. David just wrote a story. Stieg wrote something that mattered.
Third, there was no tension or intensity. Each of the prior books built so much tension and then delivered in spades. David didn't build tension and didn't provide much of a climax. The last 100 pages were a real let down. The bad guys get off easy. There were one or two spots where I stopped reading and said out loud, "What a cop out."
I basically got to the point where I was just reading to finish it so I could go on to my next book. Before, I never wanted them to end.
Sad face.