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sarabookdragon 's review for:
The Girl Who Lived Twice
by David Lagercrantz
so I discovered the Millenium series a few years ago, and I quickly fell in love.
I somehow suddenly remembered how much I enjoy reading this series and was reminiscent of all the good excitement that it brings with it. I looked it up and found out that I have missed the release of this book, and was super excited..... then I was disappointed.
I thought it was me, but after drafting the review, I realized that I am not the only one who felt that something was missing from this book.
I know Steig Larsson started a masterpiece, and then David Lagercrantz picked it up, and I sincerely enjoyed the other 2 books by the latter author, as an addition to the main trilogy, however, this one felt short.
Lisbeth Salander felt empty like someone was acting to be her. I can't even recall few lines for her in the book.
she is mostly away, hiding, annoyed, by herself, with a very little contribution. which somewhat defies the purpose.
then comes Blomkvist, not the original fascinating, hard-working, obsessive, interesting, investigative Blomkvist we were used to. something about him also felt off. the characters did not resonate well with me.
then comes the storyline, it was detailed, and well worked, obviously, I cannot say otherwise, however, some were repetitive, others were merely mentioned.
then comes the mix-up between the case, Blomkvist, Lizbeth, and her sister who came to avenge.
messy scenario to say the least!
I was really annoyed by Salander the most. I really cannot get over the fact that she barely showed up in the bok, mostly was silent, and had honorable mentions, to say the least!
did I enjoy the read: somewhat, not very much
it was messier, more than usual, and I was lost a couple of times, to say the least, picked up later, which is good, and somewhat expected after my experience with the author.
To be fair, the storyline was crafted, the plot was driven, something of the original essence was slightly preserved, but not too well
after this book, however, I am not sure if I will be picking up any more installments of the series!
until then...
I somehow suddenly remembered how much I enjoy reading this series and was reminiscent of all the good excitement that it brings with it. I looked it up and found out that I have missed the release of this book, and was super excited..... then I was disappointed.
I thought it was me, but after drafting the review, I realized that I am not the only one who felt that something was missing from this book.
I know Steig Larsson started a masterpiece, and then David Lagercrantz picked it up, and I sincerely enjoyed the other 2 books by the latter author, as an addition to the main trilogy, however, this one felt short.
Lisbeth Salander felt empty like someone was acting to be her. I can't even recall few lines for her in the book.
she is mostly away, hiding, annoyed, by herself, with a very little contribution. which somewhat defies the purpose.
then comes Blomkvist, not the original fascinating, hard-working, obsessive, interesting, investigative Blomkvist we were used to. something about him also felt off. the characters did not resonate well with me.
then comes the storyline, it was detailed, and well worked, obviously, I cannot say otherwise, however, some were repetitive, others were merely mentioned.
then comes the mix-up between the case, Blomkvist, Lizbeth, and her sister who came to avenge.
messy scenario to say the least!
I was really annoyed by Salander the most. I really cannot get over the fact that she barely showed up in the bok, mostly was silent, and had honorable mentions, to say the least!
did I enjoy the read: somewhat, not very much
it was messier, more than usual, and I was lost a couple of times, to say the least, picked up later, which is good, and somewhat expected after my experience with the author.
To be fair, the storyline was crafted, the plot was driven, something of the original essence was slightly preserved, but not too well
after this book, however, I am not sure if I will be picking up any more installments of the series!
until then...