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David Lagercrantz tells a gripping of international intrigue, electronic snooping and betrayal crackling in the ether of today’s blindingly fast-changing, and sometimes , indecipherable technology. It brings back two memorable characters from the blockbuster trilogy by the late Stieg Larsson; “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, “The Girl Who Played with Fire”, and, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” . Like the three books, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” is translated from the original Swedish language, and most of the action happens in and around Stockholm.
Lisbeth Salander, the brilliant anti-social hacker once again teams up with Michael Blomkvist, a relentless reporter, to help infiltrate a murderous technology organization with links to powerful corporations, law enforcement agencies, and nothing less than the the United States’ National Security Administration, or NSA.
There appears to be a distinct difference in storytelling between the three Larsson books and Lagercrantz’s Spider, which can be attributed to the subject matter on hand or the writer’s style, and maybe even both. Larsson seemed to let events unfold slowly, since he did, after all, have three books to gradually introduce us to, and develop, the characters especially Lisbeth Salander. Some critics decry Lagercrantz’ narrative as fragmentary and confusing, with dozens of characters in a wide array of backgrounds: journalists, spies, hackers, law enforcement officers, scientists and of course killers, who at times seem to briefly emerge, vanish, and then turn up again.
Then there is the sometimes arcane language of hacking, cryptography, physics, and artificial intelligence, where there are complicated moments when the characters discuss such prime-number factorization (PNF), self-teaching algorithms, singularity theory, black holes, prime-number factorization and black holes. Many of the characters are indeed geniuses and Lagercrantz mostly succeeds in allowing the science to be decipherable.
The original trilogy’s anti-heroine, Lisbeth Salander, isn’t much seen in the first half of the book, but is quickly inserted into the action, and of course, turns into the main focus of events. Most of the characters from the original trilogy show up in the book, including the shadow of Lisbeth’s horrendous dead father, Zalachenko, and the traitorous Hans Faste. Two new compelling characters are introduced: Camilla Salander/Zalachenko, Lisbeth’s evil twin, and 8-year old August Balder, and autistic savant and mathematical genius, who shares most of the spotlight with Salander.
The action is fast paced and the characters, many, and like the first three Larsson novels, may be a tough read to put down.
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© 2015 All Rights Reserved by Unlimited Press Works, LLC
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David Lagercrantz tells a gripping of international intrigue, electronic snooping and betrayal crackling in the ether of today’s blindingly fast-changing, and sometimes , indecipherable technology. It brings back two memorable characters from the blockbuster trilogy by the late Stieg Larsson; “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, “The Girl Who Played with Fire”, and, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” . Like the three books, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” is translated from the original Swedish language, and most of the action happens in and around Stockholm.
Lisbeth Salander, the brilliant anti-social hacker once again teams up with Michael Blomkvist, a relentless reporter, to help infiltrate a murderous technology organization with links to powerful corporations, law enforcement agencies, and nothing less than the the United States’ National Security Administration, or NSA.
There appears to be a distinct difference in storytelling between the three Larsson books and Lagercrantz’s Spider, which can be attributed to the subject matter on hand or the writer’s style, and maybe even both. Larsson seemed to let events unfold slowly, since he did, after all, have three books to gradually introduce us to, and develop, the characters especially Lisbeth Salander. Some critics decry Lagercrantz’ narrative as fragmentary and confusing, with dozens of characters in a wide array of backgrounds: journalists, spies, hackers, law enforcement officers, scientists and of course killers, who at times seem to briefly emerge, vanish, and then turn up again.
Then there is the sometimes arcane language of hacking, cryptography, physics, and artificial intelligence, where there are complicated moments when the characters discuss such prime-number factorization (PNF), self-teaching algorithms, singularity theory, black holes, prime-number factorization and black holes. Many of the characters are indeed geniuses and Lagercrantz mostly succeeds in allowing the science to be decipherable.
The original trilogy’s anti-heroine, Lisbeth Salander, isn’t much seen in the first half of the book, but is quickly inserted into the action, and of course, turns into the main focus of events. Most of the characters from the original trilogy show up in the book, including the shadow of Lisbeth’s horrendous dead father, Zalachenko, and the traitorous Hans Faste. Two new compelling characters are introduced: Camilla Salander/Zalachenko, Lisbeth’s evil twin, and 8-year old August Balder, and autistic savant and mathematical genius, who shares most of the spotlight with Salander.
The action is fast paced and the characters, many, and like the first three Larsson novels, may be a tough read to put down.
Read more....
Download your copy today!
for a limited time discount of only $2.99!
Available on PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device.
© 2015 All Rights Reserved by Unlimited Press Works, LLC
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56 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 21, 2015
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September 29, 2017
Perplexed
Incorrect tenses and grammar. Some sentences repeated. No proper conversation. Read like an outline and notes. Very disappointing. Poor purchase.
Incorrect tenses and grammar. Some sentences repeated. No proper conversation. Read like an outline and notes. Very disappointing. Poor purchase.
February 17, 2018
I absolutely am in love with this series. A must read
September 27, 2021
Lisbeth Salander is at it again, hacking her way into secrets that were meant by the originators as meant to be secret forever. She teams up with Blomkvist, although not intentionally. A murder of a known genius in technology and computers raises suspicion. His son, August Balder, witnesses the murder of his father. Because he is non-communicative, the murderer lets him live. Only later does he realize his mistake. August is a savant and can draw with remarkable accuracy and uncanny realism with all details.
The action is fast. The brilliancy is good. This author builds on the first trilogy. His style is more disjointed but the main characters are back.
The action is fast. The brilliancy is good. This author builds on the first trilogy. His style is more disjointed but the main characters are back.
October 11, 2021
Michael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander is a winning combo for a super read. Gripping, fast with lots of intrigue and complicated relationships. Set in the world as we know it with technological development that I don’t understand. My perfect book!
August 2, 2022
The continuation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series.
July 25, 2023
This book was ok but not as exciting as the trilogy.
February 27, 2017
Lisbeth Salenda still ahead of the game
Loved to find the same characters continuing at an even greater speed than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It will be great if David Lagercrantz continues stories based on that amazing trilogy.
Loved to find the same characters continuing at an even greater speed than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It will be great if David Lagercrantz continues stories based on that amazing trilogy.
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