-
The Girl in the Spider's Web
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy for $31.50
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series
- By: David Lagercrantz
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the brilliant hacker, the obstinate outsider, the volatile seeker of justice for herself and others - even she has never been able to uncover the most telling facts of her traumatic childhood, the secrets that might finally fully explain her to herself. Now, when she sees a chance to uncover them once and for all, she enlists the help of Mikael Blomkvist, the editor of the muckraking investigative journal Millennium. And she will let nothing stop her.
-
-
Not up to par
- By cristina on 10-03-17
-
The Chemist
- By: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
She used to work for the US government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon.
-
-
Great premise
- By OhHappyDay on 07-14-17
By: Stephenie Meyer
-
The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
-
-
Couldn't Finish It
- By Dephress on 03-16-18
By: Paula Hawkins
-
Red Sparrow
- A Novel
- By: Jason Matthews
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Drafted against her will to become a "Sparrow" - a trained seductress in the service, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's valuable mole in Moscow.
-
-
Good Spy Novel (with a few quirks)
- By Aaron on 01-12-14
By: Jason Matthews
-
Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra.
-
-
unfortunately bad
- By Julie on 07-08-04
By: Dan Brown
-
Wasp
- Uncommon Enemies, Book 1
- By: Fiona Quinn
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zoe Kealoha's work as a military scientist was supposed to change the way America hunted terrorists. It should not have made her a target. But it did. Now, if she has any hope of surviving, she needs help. She needs her boyfriend, Gage - the man who, up until now, had no idea what she actually did for a living....
-
-
Fantastic story and performance!
- By S.R.L. on 12-15-21
By: Fiona Quinn
-
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
- A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series
- By: David Lagercrantz
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the brilliant hacker, the obstinate outsider, the volatile seeker of justice for herself and others - even she has never been able to uncover the most telling facts of her traumatic childhood, the secrets that might finally fully explain her to herself. Now, when she sees a chance to uncover them once and for all, she enlists the help of Mikael Blomkvist, the editor of the muckraking investigative journal Millennium. And she will let nothing stop her.
-
-
Not up to par
- By cristina on 10-03-17
-
The Chemist
- By: Stephenie Meyer
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
She used to work for the US government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon.
-
-
Great premise
- By OhHappyDay on 07-14-17
By: Stephenie Meyer
-
The Girl on the Train
- A Novel
- By: Paula Hawkins
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, India Fisher
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. Every day the same. Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and night. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. Jess and Jason, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.
-
-
Couldn't Finish It
- By Dephress on 03-16-18
By: Paula Hawkins
-
Red Sparrow
- A Novel
- By: Jason Matthews
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Drafted against her will to become a "Sparrow" - a trained seductress in the service, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA's most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America's valuable mole in Moscow.
-
-
Good Spy Novel (with a few quirks)
- By Aaron on 01-12-14
By: Jason Matthews
-
Angels and Demons
- By: Dan Brown
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra.
-
-
unfortunately bad
- By Julie on 07-08-04
By: Dan Brown
-
Wasp
- Uncommon Enemies, Book 1
- By: Fiona Quinn
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zoe Kealoha's work as a military scientist was supposed to change the way America hunted terrorists. It should not have made her a target. But it did. Now, if she has any hope of surviving, she needs help. She needs her boyfriend, Gage - the man who, up until now, had no idea what she actually did for a living....
-
-
Fantastic story and performance!
- By S.R.L. on 12-15-21
By: Fiona Quinn
-
Sharp Objects
- A Novel
- By: Gillian Flynn
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: She must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful 13-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims - a bit too strongly.
-
-
Unbelievable and Predictable
- By Anonymous User on 09-19-18
By: Gillian Flynn
-
The Keeper of Lost Causes
- Department Q, Book 1
- By: Jussi Adler-Olsen
- Narrated by: Erik Davies
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Carl Mørck used to be one of Denmark’s best homicide detectives. Then a hail of bullets destroyed the lives of two fellow cops, and Carl - who didn’t draw his weapon - blames himself. So a promotion is the last thing he expects. But Department Q is a department of one, and Carl’s got only a stack of cold cases for company. His colleagues snicker, but Carl may have the last laugh, because one file keeps nagging at him: A liberal politician vanished five years earlier and is presumed dead. But she isn’t dead...yet.
-
-
Do it for Denmark!
- By Aaron on 04-02-14
-
The Martian
- By: Andy Weir
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.
-
-
I love Wil Wheaton but why not R. C. Bray?
- By L. Newman on 01-11-20
By: Andy Weir
-
The Silence of the Lambs
- By: Thomas Harris
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname - Buffalo Bill - is stalking women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the FBI Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal the Cannibal - who is kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
-
-
If It's Possible for a Narrator to be DESTINED...
- By aaron on 03-17-12
By: Thomas Harris
-
The Snowman
- A Harry Hole Novel
- By: Jo Nesbø, Don Bartlett
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother’s pink scarf. Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he’s received and the disappearance of Jonas’s mother - and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn....
-
-
Nesbo is the Cat and I am The Mouse
- By Russell on 10-14-13
By: Jo Nesbø, and others
-
Sherlock Holmes
- By: Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Fry - introductions
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 62 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the definitive collection of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and four collections of short stories. And, exclusively for Audible, Stephen has written and narrated eight insightful introductions, one for each title.
-
-
Chapter Guide!
- By Katya Rice on 05-25-18
By: Arthur Conan Doyle, and others
-
A Game of Thrones
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 33 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse - unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances....
-
-
Everybody is apparently a chain smoking old man.
- By Althea on 11-04-13
-
The Hanged Man's Song
- By: John Sandford
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Prey fans everywhere have embraced the return of Sandford's other charismatic hero, Kidd, artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal, and his sometime partner, sometime lover, LuEllen.
-
-
Great Kidd Novel
- By A. L. DeWitt on 06-02-05
By: John Sandford
-
The Way of Kings
- The Stormlight Archive, Book 1
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Length: 45 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. It has been centuries since the fall of the 10 consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor.
-
-
Great Story!! Cons: slow start & poor narration
- By Monica on 01-17-17
-
The Fold
- By: Peter Clines
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.
-
-
Repetitive & too many plot holes, a bit annoying
- By Meview on 03-22-18
By: Peter Clines
-
The Name of the Wind
- Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1
- By: Patrick Rothfuss
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.
-
-
This is why I joined Audible!
- By customer on 02-14-20
By: Patrick Rothfuss
-
The Traitor's Story
- By: Kevin Wignall
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When fifteen-year-old American Hailey Portman goes missing in Switzerland, her desperate parents seek the help of their neighbor, Finn Harrington, a seemingly quiet historian rumored to be a former spy. Sensing the story runs deeper than anyone yet knows, Finn reluctantly agrees to make some enquiries. He has little to go on other than his instincts, and his instincts have been wrong in the past - sometimes spectacularly wrong.
-
-
Complicated but pretty well done
- By cristina on 09-12-16
By: Kevin Wignall
Publisher's Summary
Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series.
In this adrenaline-charged, up-to-the-moment political thriller, Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist are back. The troubled genius hacker and crusading journalist thrilled the world in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, which have sold more than 80 million copies worldwide.
David Lagercrantz is a Swedish journalist and best-selling author of fiction and nonfiction. He was hand selected by the Larsson estate to write this standalone sequel based on Stieg Larsson's characters.
Featured Article: The Best British Narrators
If you're looking for an audiobook in an accent, check out these listens from our favorite British narrators. Authenticity is something many listeners value in their audiobook experiences, and that often boils down to narration style and accents. Although so many audiobooks are narrated by many talented actors with wide ranges, sometimes it's just nice to listen to an audiobook performed by someone in their native accent. If you're searching for the best British narrators, look no further. We’ve done the tough job of picking just ten of our favorite British narrators that you'll love listening to.
More from the same
What listeners say about The Girl in the Spider's Web
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Joel
- 12-11-15
Reads Like a Super Hero Novel
I really enjoyed the Millennium trilogy. Although I thought at times it got a little long in the tooth and the plausibility started to run out of control they were interesting mysteries. After the passing of Stiegg Larson and hearing that David Lagercrantz would pick up where Stieg left off and write the fourth book in the "trilogy" I have to say I was apprehensive. For those that might worries that David Lagercrantz would change the tone or direction of the series I can say that you have nothing to worry about. There is very little in The Girl in the Spider's Web that distinguishes itself as written by anyone but Stieg Larson.
And that might be the biggest fault I have with the book. The Girl in the Spider's Web brings us back to both Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist a short time after the end of the trilogy. The two haven't been in contact since and you get to go along for a ride on an artificial intelligence case that the two come together again to solve (sort of). The biggest issue I had with The Girl in the Spider's Web was that this case has thrown any sense of reality out the window. There are things that Lagercrantz asks the reader to accept that are just insane. There were at least a half dozen instances when I visibly scoffed and muttered that the writing just felt lazy. I don't want to spoil anything, but nothing in this book feels set in reality. Lisbeth at this point has become a super hero, and Blomkvist might as well be Clark Kent at this point.
It's a shame too because I think the writing, the setting, and even the plot were really interesting. The problem is that the actions in which our leads take to resolve said areas of the plot are ridiculous. I enjoyed the read but could not get around how insane the story gets. It's a shame too because although Stieg showed signs of making these characters larger then life they had a bit more grounding. Now all the rules of real life have been thrown out the window and we are left with a book that's entertaining but has no staying power.
35 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Queen Kristina
- 11-05-15
Lizbeth and Bloomquist Live On
Loved this book. For me the transition from the Millenium Trilogy was nearly seamless. Simon Vance is certainly part of the reason for that, but I think David L. Did a wonderful writing job as well. The book had the same "feeling" as the others. Almost did not get it because of negative reviews. Didn't want to be disappointed, and I wasn't. Can't wait for the next ones. Would love to see the author collaborate with S.L.'s longtime companion as some readers have suggested. Wonder if that would bring more to the series yet.
35 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- AudioAddict
- 09-04-15
So thankful we still have Lizbeth!
STORY (thriller) - Yes, the loss of Stieg Larsson is huge, but I so appreciate David Lagercrantz for this effort. Lizbeth is an awesome character and, thanks to him, she's going to be around a little longer!
Personally, I didn't like this book as much as the first three, but that stems from my own personal taste and, perhaps, stupidity rather than from Lagercrantz's writing. For one, I would have liked a few less characters to keep straight. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I got confused with who was who several times. Second, although Lizbeth definitely plays a major role in the story, I would have preferred more of her. (Yes, I'm a fan). And, third, while I normally do not enjoy violence, I've come to expect it in this series and actually would have liked more of it in this book.
On the positive side, the plot is thrilling and complex, and it was wonderful to spend time with Lizbeth and Mikael again. Thankfully, their characters have not changed one bit! The addition of an autistic boy character was very interesting, and I loved the deeper insight into Lizbeth's childhood and the dark relationship she has with her sister. The book doesn't end with a bang, but everything is explained and it's a nice ending.
PERFORMANCE - Simon Vance delivers his usual awesome performance and lends continuity to the series.
OVERALL - As always, there is some violence and cursing, but no sex scenes this time. Recommended for anyone who loves The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I hope the criticism Lagercrantz is receiving for this sequel doesn't dissuade him from continuing our beloved series...
152 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- The Fett Man
- 07-16-16
All the hallmarks of a good story but...
There are two problems:
1) the author telegraphs everything
2) Why Simon Vance has started calling Erica "Berrier" vs "Berger" is beyond me. Vexing...
35 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Emily
- 09-04-15
Woefully disappointed
How could the performance have been better?
I love Simon Vance's narration, but I think there is something wrong with the translation. "William Borg", Blomkvist's long-standing enemy in the press has a different last name, as does Erica Berger - I can't even figure out what it is now. It just doesn't make sense.
Any additional comments?
I have listened to the original three Millennium books at least 4 times. I love them. I enjoy them every time I listen. But this book "reads" more like fan fiction. As though Lagercrantz was attempting to emulate Larsson, but missed the mark. Not to mention, there are terrible holes in continuation. There is no mention of Monica Figeurola AT ALL (Blomkvist's major love interest in "Hornet's Nest.") and Salander is back to having a bunch of piercings, which doesn't fit with how she looked in "Hornet's Nest" either (she had taken several of her piercings out and had a few tattoos removed and was generally working on appearing more "grown up").
I am a die-hard fan of the series, and will finish it on principle, but I am woefully disappointed about the whole thing.
129 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- J.B.
- 09-04-15
Good But Will Never Be the Same
The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the continuation of the deceased Stieg Larsson’s the Millennium Series, better known as the The Girl . . . With the Dragon Tattoo, Who Played With Fire, and Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, is very good but not yet to the level of its predecessors. Stiag Larson created and wrote the first three installations of the Millennium Series publication, but passed before his writing drew popular and scholarly cliam. So, the present title is authorized by Larsson’s heirs’, as a continuation of his novels, as allegedly plotted out by Larsson before his untimely death. They are written now by David Lagercrantz, himself a well published and successful Swedish mystery novelist. The book, the fourth in the Millennium Series is a wonderful murder/espionage/crime syndicate enigmatic story. Furthermore, the tale is told so well it is very difficult not to read in one sitting. A good work and recommended. Yet, . . .
. . when compared to Stieg Larsson’s prior works, the present installation, Spider’s Web is without the geometric depth found in the earlier plots. The peculiarities of the interlacing histories of the individual characters are not presented with the same, “oh my gosh, can you believe that twist in the plot”? A twist that always intrigued the reader in the earlier works because although improbable they were nevertheless believable given how well the story was put together and told. That characteristic in not present in Spider’s Web.
The story does give us back our old friends, Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Erika Berger and a cameo by Plague. Wonderful to visit with them again. Did not want to let them go and maybe now we can have them as friends for ten more novels? Yet, like this summer’s revisit with Atticus (Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee), one can never redo those unique pasts. The present versions of Lisbeth and Mikael are not the full bodied characters Larsson made, yet, they are still deployable, employable and interesting. Just not larger than life any longer. Though, I do not feel Lisbeth and Mikael’s special relationship was demonstrated whatsoever in this novel.
The story is about super hacking, and of course, this is all engineered by Lisbeth to bring about the better good. The story also ties back into her past, specifically her evil father’s criminal empire, which she was able to put an end to in the trilogy. Yet, effluents of his past remain and seek Lisbeth’s demise. The hacking that initiates the story and Lisbeth’s family past dovetail to produce a potentially terrific story. All this is spiced up by the introduction of a savant syndrome child whose prodigious capacities blend uniquely with Lisbeth’s genius. The story is good, the telling is good and the unfolding is good, but less than it could have been. At some points just too many people are introduced and it makes it difficult to follow who is who from what organization and why are they added to the plot.
Nevertheless, not a Stieg Larson but definitely a Swedish mystery lover’s read. This is definitely the only time I have found Simon Vance’s presentation less than great.
We are told by the media that Larsson’s lifelong significant other lady friend, someone who was with him as he created his characters and plots, was not given opportunity to participate in prolongation of the series. She was not a legal inheritor and not permitted to guide the follow along series because Larsson’s brother and father, his inheritors, did not want to share the bounty. Someone should have pointed out to them; long time loving mates share an élan and perception of the original Lisbeth tales that perhaps no one, not even an editor may share. This may have been quite stupid. If Larsson’s life mate was there when he created our loving characters the story may have had an insight which we do not and now will never have.
167 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Janet Katz
- 12-26-15
Stop! Don't walk, run away from this book.
What would have made The Girl in the Spider's Web better?
A totally different writer could have taken the key characters and put together a Larrson-worthy book. This is SO not it. Why? There are a tremendous number of monologues in this book where either the narrator or 1 character tell you what happened in the past OR describe something they could not possibly know. These monologues are very long and tedious and take the place of action and plot.
What do you think your next listen will be?
Nothing by Lagercrantz
What about Simon Vance’s performance did you like?
He's good. Sad he had to do this work.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Simon Vance only.
Any additional comments?
I've thrown myself on the alter of bad book sequels so others don't have to. Please get another book and not this one. Try Robert Galbraith. Excellent.
57 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Lia
- 09-21-17
Fantastic Sequel
I'm so freaking happy that this story was not a disappointment. After all the fuss with Larsson's family v. partner I didn't have much hope for this story but boy was I wrong!
The beginning was quite confusing, to be honest, there were so many characters being introduced at once I was starting to think there was no main character (ha ha)... but once I adapted to the writing and knew what to expect the story took over like an amazing heart-wrenching rollercoaster. I also thought the chapter Blomqvist visited Lisbeth's former guardian was unnecessary, he wrote a freaking magazine article on the woman and researched the heck of her life... it was kind of repetitve and boring since we, readers, knew Lisbeth's story, but I guess it helped with the perspective about Camilla.
I have to say, and I'm sorry if I am offending anyone, but I actually preferred Largercrantz writing to Larsson's. It is cleaner, flows more smoothly without some of the over-emphasis or pesky little details the previous books have (especially book 1).
He does an excellent job sticking to the best characteristics of Larsson's. A story with so many layers that unfolds like an onion, full of mind boggling info, nerdy scientific discoveries.
For most of the story our badass heroine seems tamed, and although she is a big piece of the puzzle, she almost felt like a secondary character, giving the reader a chance to get to know other characters, witness other stories while learning more about her.
I know this story has 0% of Larsson's manuscript but I was amazed, could not put it down, and am extremely happy that Lisbeth's saga will continue. She is such an amazing character, she deserves to keep on going, we deserve it too.
Simon Vance was outstanding with the delivery of the story
23 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Lifeisshort
- 09-18-15
Huge Disappointment
Yes it truly was a huge disappointment. As a highly enthusiastic fan of the Stieg Larsson novels I awaited this one with great eagerness. What I got was a rambling disorganized plot and with ancillary characters being added every chapter and not even close to enough of Elisabeth Sallander. Perhaps others might be able to appreciate this novel but for me this one is a total no go.
68 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Mikaela Lynn
- 03-19-18
Stop after book 3
This book is an abomination to the legacy of the Millennium Trilogy. It’s hard to tell if the author didn’t bother reading the original trilogy, or just didn’t care that his nonsense was a complete destruction of its carefully crafted characters and relationships. To say it’s poorly written would be a complement, and I’m angry at myself for sticking with it to the end. Those are hours of my life I can never have back. Rather than engaging the reader in the action of the story the entire farce is told as dialogue between characters, describing what other characters have done or told them. It’s painful to listen to the narrator attempt to make it interesting. I’m so endlessly disappointed that I listened to this nonsense and now it haunts my memories of these once gloriously crafted characters. I beg you - if you care about literature, save your money.
3 people found this helpful