Soon to be a major motion picture starring Claire Foy. Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in this ripped-from-the-headlines, high-octane follow-up to Stieg Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. One of the Best Books of the Year NPR * USA Today * O, The Oprah Magazine * Esquire A genius hacker who has always been an outsider. A journalist with a penchant for danger. She is … has always been an outsider. A journalist with a penchant for danger. She is Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo. He is Mikael Blomkvist, crusading editor of Millennium. One night, Blomkvist receives a call from a source who claims to have been given information vital to the United States by a young female hacker. Blomkvist, always on the lookout for a story, reaches out to Salander for help. She, as usual, has plans of her own. Together they are drawn into a ruthless underworld of spies, cybercriminals, and government operatives—some willing to kill to protect their secrets.
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Not up to Steig’s calibre, but fun anyways. Continues Salander’s. story arc.
First of All LOVED IT!! I’ve enjoyed this series since I saw the trailer for the first movie “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” several years ago. I’d never heard of the series and the trailer made me want to get to know it before the movie’s release. While “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” is written by a different author, it features characters from the original author’s work. I thought that the story-line held a similar flavor and it was a gripping read from start to finish. Be warned however, if your eyes start to cross when you read lots of techno-jargon and equations, you should be aware that there’s quite a lot of that in this story. Not sure so much was needed, but it did nothing to take away from the potency of the plot. I recently learned that this story is getting a film of its own. Sadly, the film’s original director won’t be returning. Neither will Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. This is why I love books- favorite characters never get recast!
This book was trying to a follow-up to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was totally unreadable.
First one was the best. Liked seeing the characters again but it did drag in spots. Was not the intense read as the first was.