David Lagercrantz continues Stieg Larsson's series and certainly does it justice. I very much enjoyed this book. It was fast-paced and stayed true to the characters as written by Stieg Larsson. In fact, it may have been even more enjoyable because SL had a tendency to give a little too many details about things at times!
Lisbeth and Mikael spend very little time together in this book, although they help each other a lot from a distance. Their relationship works well this way. I am still waiting for Mikael & Erika's relationship to run its course and settle into friendship only. It drives me crazy that he still sleeps with her, while her husband waits for her at home. Ugh. For some reason, I didn't remember that Lisbeth had a sister. Seems like something I should have remembered! I guess it's been too long since I read the original trilogy. I would love for Lisbeth to get the better of her. I guess we will have to wait for a future book for that. It's makes sense that Camilla would be difficult to catch/track down, considering how intelligent Lisbeth is, but Camilla is certainly an "evil twin".
I just don't understand why women stay with men who beat them up on a regular basis! I understand that Lisbeth's mother's situation would have been tough to get out of, considering who she was dealing with - a Russian gangster basically, but why on earth did Hanna stay with such a brute?? Westman was an jerk, and abused both her and her son, whom she seemed to love, so why?? How do you go from someone like Frans to someone like Westman? I really loved how Lisbeth treated August. I was disappointed when Lisbeth brought August back to Hanna, but when I realized Lisbeth was sending them both away, I was reminded how much I love Lisbeth's affinity to helping the helpless and abused.
I was intrigued by the example of the savant losing his focused intellect/talent once he learned to talk - or one he started talking. On one hand it makes sense because something is usually sacrificed when something else is introduced that needs focus. But what a choice! August was an amazing artist and mathematician. Maybe talking simply wasn't important to him, so why try to get him to talk? Should someone else be allowed to make that choice for him?
I guess I haven't even mentioned the main focus of the story: artificial intelligence. Yikes. Computers being able to think for themselves? That sounds downright scary. I was sad that Frans had to die for his incredible research/work - but happy that he had the forethought and insight to destroy everything on his computer before he was killed. I can hardly believe (still!) that Zander was also sacrificed in this story. Unbelievable. Did that really have to happen?? I think not.
I can't wait for the next book!
Wendy's Rating: *****
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