I loved Steig's writing style. His plot progression was great. I had to put this book down repeatedly due to being overwhelmed with information packed in a few sentences that would have by Steig been strategically placed through a few pages. It took me countless tries to finish this book.
No offense to David, but maybe I should of left the story finished at book three. It felt like characters personalities were changed to adapt this new author. Some may argue that's to be expected considering Steig and David are two different people and will think different ways, but when trying to carry on a already stellar trilogy, I would have thought that enough research would have gone into it for Lisbeth and Blomkvist to be the same people they were throughout the first three books.
Like I said, disappointing. View all 11 comments. Nov 28, Lyn rated it liked it. Stieg Larrson is dead, alas.
David Lagercrantz was granted a blessing and a curse. A blessing in the sense that he gets to write another Lisbeth and Mikael novel, a series with a worldwide following that will certainly sell and most definitely get a lot of attention. A curse because he takes the stage after a phenomenal opening act, a lamentable position.
Readers who di Stieg Larrson is dead, alas. Readers who dislike the book, and some will be relentlessly critical, will blame this new author. For the most part, he succeeds admirably. View all 10 comments. Jan 08, April rated it really liked it. Surprisingly not bad with a new author continuing the series.
View 2 comments. View 1 comment. May 11, Brenda rated it liked it. I initially was going to give this 4 stars, but decided 3 more accurately represented my feelings. I found the first third of the book tedious and I almost gave up. Like all newspapers, Millenium is in trouble and purchased by a larger company.
Mikael Blomkvist is unhappy and unmotivated. There were a lot of new characters introduced, and a refresher list of previous characters was provided in the beginning. The agencies and groups involved tended to get tangled, and it was difficult to remember I initially was going to give this 4 stars, but decided 3 more accurately represented my feelings.
The agencies and groups involved tended to get tangled, and it was difficult to remember who worked for who. Eventually, the story got interesting because Lisbeth Salander became more prominent. A weird web of intrigue involving police, the NSA, Swedish Intelligence, and assorted hackers was revealed along with the motivations of individuals involved.
This was an acceptable effort by David Lagercrantz, but I would have liked more Salander right from the beginning. Mar 07, James rated it liked it Shelves: 3-multi-book-series , 1-fiction. While the book carries on with great characters and a similar style, it wasn't as satisfying as the originals.
Story As readers come to know of this series of books, the plots are incredibly complex, intense and twisty. From a b 3 stars to David Lagercrantz 's The Girl in the Spider's Web , the fourth book in the "Millenium" thriller series, written by a new author given the original, Steig Larsson, passed away several years ago. From a basic point of view, several hackers have started infiltrating the NSA after learning about a conspiracy between different groups to buy and sell secrets about each other's companies.
The government is involved, trying to keep it running and trying to stop it, as well as several public companies involved in building new technology that ultimately will be the destruction of mankind should machines be able to build machines and think as sentient beings Pushing that all to the side, the plot is about a professor who takes back his autistic son from his ex-wife and her new husband who is abusing the young boy.
When some members of the conspiracy group ultimately realize that the professor is the technologist who has the AI programs they are all after, and he's potentially going to rat out the truth of what's been happening to Blomkvist, someone orders a hit and the professor is killed minutes before telling his story.
His young son witnesses the execution and the hunt begins. Lisbeth is involved in the hacking group and works through a secret computer program to help Blomkvist save the boy and ends up realizing she's very close to the person at the head of the conspiracy. As they sort through the puzzle, family ties come back to haunt each of them and the struggle to keep the balance of the war just slightly in their own favor pushes forward. Strengths 1. Lisbeth and Blomkvist are as good as ever.
They jump off the pages and yearn to be loved and hated at the same time. They annoy you, but you know they are good people. It stays strong and keeps you guessing throughout the whole story. Suggestions The summary of the story is strong, but the details get too technical and too convoluted. I work in technology, so it wasn't that I didn't understand what they were talking about There's only so much I can swallow when it comes to prime numbers and the Fibonacci sequence and how many multipliers are needed to deviate from the quantum Final Thoughts I enjoyed the book.
I wanted to keep reading it. I'd like to see another one by this author. Hacking is a great topic. NSA double-crossing it a cool idea. The family ties no spoilers here was an amazing story line. But something felt like it was missing in how it truly all came together. I'm hoping it was left open so it can be explored in the next book -- not all to different from the original three in the series -- but it needs to be more tightly weaved.
That said, kudos to Lagercrantz for successfully taking on the series and trying to continue the original creation. He's done well enough for me to continue reading but still to keep my critical eye. View all 7 comments.
Jul 08, Kristina rated it did not like it Shelves: hyped , my-book , wtf , disappointing , hated-em , omg-this-book-is-so-dumb , want-my-money-back , mystery-thriller , suck , got-rid-of. This book is terrible. I suggest that if you really, really liked the first three, do not read this one. Nothing works. Not the plot, not the characters, not any of the words the author uses to describe what happens with the characters in the plot. His characters came to life on the page and his plots, although somewhat convoluted, were suspenseful and interesting and you cared about what happened.
Usually this is where I write a brief summary of the plot of the book. The two plots are related. If Lagercrantz casually mentioned Salander leaping tall buildings in a single bound or flying around Sweden in a red cape, I would not have been surprised.
As described in this novel, the woman is a superhero. My theory is that Lagercrantz was under so much pressure to stay true to the Lisbeth Salander character that he erred on the side of excessive character worship. This book presents Salander as a superhero who can do everything. I know in the past books she is a computer hacker genius and a badass, but it was believable. As I stated earlier, the plot is unclear. Hans Balder, some kind of computer internet genius, is introduced. He used to work in the US at some company called Solifon, but he left there to come home to Sweden and try to be a better father to his autistic son, August.
When he moved to the US, he left his son with his ex-wife and her asshole boyfriend. She does care about August, but asshole boyfriend does not—he just wants the child support money.
So Balder takes his child even though legally he does not have custody and stays in his nice house, trying to communicate with his silent child. I had to read over one hundred pages just to get this information. Lagercrantz switches point of view between various characters, which would be fine if the story were more clear and compelling. Eventually all the pieces fit together, but the payoff does not equal the effort of slogging through pages.
Of course. His bad guys are boring and not very scary and rather incompetent. The police are also depicted as not being able to find their asses with both hands. None of the characters have any complexity to them at all. The bad guys are bad and the good guys are good. I rarely enjoy novels of such simplistic morality. When I do as I did the three earlier novels , the bad has to be very bad, so much so that I demand justice, even if the characters and their actions are so easily divided between black and white.
She kicked ass…so what? Lagercrantz is a mediocre writer with no gift for suspense or action sequences. While in theory he stays true to the characters, he portrays them with little imagination and no skill.
Not even close. While reading this book, I took almost ten pages of notes. Here are some highlights of my complaints: 1. The whole Hans Balder is in danger nonsense. But wait…I thought this guy was really really important? Security Professional. Then Mr. The intruder walks like a junkie so hey, no worries?
What the fuck. Even though his son is with him. Balder takes absolutely no sensible action to protect his life or the life of his son. Gee, guess what happens?
Why spare the kid? He cares, even if he uses offensive language. They have no emergency training? Of course not. August, the autistic boy wonder. I have no problem with the kid himself or his autism. What I have a problem with is how Lagercrantz turns the kid into the human equivalent of Lassie. Who are the bad guys? Oh, you can draw pictures of amazing genius clarity that show the faces of the bad guys and the bad things they do?
Oh, good girl, Lassie. I mean, August. How freaking convenient. And helpful since all the law enforcement officers in this novel have rocks for heads. Lots of book-title-name dropping. Yes, we get it, Lagercrantz. You read books. You really like Elizabeth George. Goody for you. Well, no, the NSA is studying up on comics.
The view spoiler [Marvel Comics Connection. Are you fucking kidding me? Because she actually is one? Guess who their enemies are? Could this be any stupider? Wanna bet the author is a big ole comic book nerd? The gross pseudo romance between Salander and Blomkvist who I never liked. Salander does not flirt. This book sucks. This book is awful. This book is flat out stupid. View all 43 comments. I went into reading this book with the thought that it has a snowballs chance in hell to be as good as Stieg Larsson's books.
I mean they are something of the best I have ever read when it comes to Swedish books Actually when I think about it that doesn't say that much since every damn person in Sweden seems to think that they are the new Stieg Larsson or Liza Marklund or whatever. What I want to say is that even though I have been looking forward to reading the book have I also had back in my I went into reading this book with the thought that it has a snowballs chance in hell to be as good as Stieg Larsson's books.
What I want to say is that even though I have been looking forward to reading the book have I also had back in my mind some doubts about the book. So I'm glad that I just borrowed the book from the library and not bought it so now they didn't get that much money from me reading the book. I found it the first pages just OK.
Honestly, I thought it was much easier to read than the trilogy, less intrigue, and more action. And, I can say that about the book now that I have finished it.
It felt much more action-filled than the trilogy and with less graphic violence which isn't that bad. Now it's been a couple of years since I read the trilogy, but I doubt it took me two days to read a book as it did with this one.
We can only hope that the franchise continues. I saw the first one too young and it literally traumatised me. The girl in the spider 27s web review.
I hope to see the sequel! I fell in love with her. Filming for the 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' is underway in Sweden with British actress Claire Foy cast as the young tattooed Salander, an introvert who endures a complex relationship with journalist Mikael Blomkvist Sverrir Gudnason.
That's what's fun about her. The film, set for a November release, is based on the book by new author David Lagercrantz who took the series on after the death of Stieg Larsson, the author of the original best-selling trilogy.
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What does the future have in store for Lisbeth Salander, the girl in the spider's web? The Past Never Forgets. Action Crime Drama Thriller. Did you know Edit. Trivia Stieg Larsson had planned to write ten books about Lizbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, and the notes are in the possession of his partner, Eva Gabrielson. However, since they were not married, his father and brother inherited the rights to his literary estate upon his death, and the two parties never came to terms about the direction of the series.
The family then hired another writer to create new stories. This film is based on the novel of the same name, the fourth book in the series and the first one not to be written by Stieg Larsson as he had died before he could write anymore entries.
Goofs The villains kill Balder and kidnap his son August along with the program they are after. At that point, they have absolutely no idea that August would be able to open the program for them. It would make more logical sense to take the creator of the program to help them get into it rather than kill him and hope that some other character could.
Quotes Lisbeth Salander : You can't blame me for leaving that day. Alternate versions In Singapore, the theatrical release was edited in order to obtain an NC16 classification after the uncut version was passed M The distributor chose to remove brief sexual images in three scenes sight of two characters having sex on a mobile phone screen, a shot of full female nudity, and some discreet sexual images in a nightclub.
The film remains uncut in all other countries worldwide. Soundtracks Liebestraume Nr. User reviews Review. Top review. The story is just so, so, oh so very predictable! I was a bit surprised when the name of the English translator rolled in the credits, as it really seems no one involved in this movie read any of the books.
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