Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Unavailable
The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
Unavailable
The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
Unavailable
The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
Audiobook13 hours

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel

Written by David Lagercrantz

Narrated by Simon Vance

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

()

Currently unavailable

Currently unavailable

About this audiobook

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return

She is the girl with the dragon tattoo-a genius hacker and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution.

Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female superhacker-a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Salander for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda. The secret they are both chasing is at the center of a tangled web of spies, cybercriminals, and governments around the world, and someone is prepared to kill to protect it . . .

The duo who captivated millions of readers in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest join forces again in this adrenaline-charged, uniquely of-the-moment thriller.

From the Hardcover edition.

Editor's Note

A worthy sequel…

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist reprise their roles in this worthy sequel to the original “Millennium” trilogy. Captivating characters have always been the franchise’s strongest suit, and in this Lagercrantz shines.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 1, 2015
ISBN9780553550702
Unavailable
The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
Author

David Lagercrantz

David Lagercrantz, periodista sueco de reconocido prestigio. En Diciembre de 2013 fue contratado para escribir la nuevas novelas de la saga Millennium de Stieg Larsson.

Related to The Girl in the Spider's Web

Related audiobooks

Crime Thriller For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Girl in the Spider's Web

Rating: 3.7353421094462544 out of 5 stars
3.5/5

1,228 ratings117 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I hate when good characters - or even historical people - are clumsily reused by sequel writers, but to take two of the best characters of modern crime fiction, Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, and use them as labels on paper cutouts in a mediocre spy-vs-spy, yetch! I found nothing of Stieg Larsson creations in this silly tale.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Perfectly entertaining page turner that respectfully attempts to capture the tone of the original series.

    Blomkvist is still too clever to be believable and Salander is in full superhero mode here but a romp's a romp. Fun.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Elizabeth Salander "lite", but an enjoyable read nonetheless. I was not a fan of the explicit violence in the previous series, anyway.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    In a continuation of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series by Steig Larsson, Lisbeth Salander is once again thrown together with her old friend Mikael Bloomquist. This novel is contains most of the characters and all of the intrigue of the previous novels. Lots of cyber-crime, hackers and violence, enough to keep the Larsson fans enthused about what Langercrantz has been able to spin here.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I liked this one, but not as much as the original trilogy. Lisbeth Salanger, the titular character, had little page space in the first half of the book and only gradually took over the action during the second half. I did enjoy the new author's descriptions and character insights. He was able to paint a character with a few brief details. The themes of state surveillance and AI singularity are important ones, but this book didn't grab me like the other ones.I think my biggest disappointment was a villainous character that seemed to have a super power to bend anyone (particularly men) instantly to her will. One shy smile and soft word and their minds are clouded and judgement impaired. Pheromones? Hypnotism? I've never heard of any real person who has that capability. Charlatans, grifters, and some religious leaders may come close, but there are always some skeptics to point out that the emperor is naked. As described, this character's abilities bordered on universal and magical. Villains don't need super powers to be successful.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    well done and leaves room for a potential 5th story.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    3.5/5 Lots of controversy surrounding The Girl in the Spider's Web: isn't it just glorified fanfic, but it's based on Larson's outline for the series, but Larrson's partner was strongly against it. Ok, I love the Millennium series, I pretty much knew I was going to read it despite how problematic it is. David Lagercrantz does a good job at capturing what the series is about, tone, and continuing the series on. Mikael is burning out and Millennium isn't doing so well, Lisbeth has been Lisbeth and recently hacked into the NSA. Their paths meet again when a scientist who had his technology stolen and is killed in front of his autistic son. It sounds interesting and even deals with Lisbeth's background which ties into the plot. The thing is, there was too much going on, lots of characters involved in different story lines that eventually interweave. At times it was hard to follow, you want it to make sense, you know it will all come together and usually it all falls into a place and you're just like ohhh, that didn't happen with this book for me. I was left feeling like HUH, how did you get this from that? I have an idea of how it all connects, but the ending, or solution to the problem, doesn't add up to the process we were on throughout the book. It doesn't fully connect, yet we are told it does without seeing how and why. So that is my biggest issue with Spider's Web, the style is different, rather than seeing and coming to the judgement outselves that Lisbeth is a badass complex character by her actions, we are instead told that through other characters. And Lisbeth isn't even in most of the book. Mikael has more depth though. The rest of the characters are simple and easily divided into good and bad. I'm not disappointed in the book, I hope Lagercrantz continues the series, I feel he can work out the kinks, make the series continue to be great, while still making it his own.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I'm not sure now what I felt about this novel. I've had it on my TBR on my Kindle for at least a couple of years and have only just managed to read. I was a fan of the first 3 novels in Millenium series, but I had trouble remembering them through this novel.The novel felt very heavy, too detailed, with the author determined both to uphold the Stieg Larssen style, and to make sure that the reader has all the information. It felt as if there was a lot of new plot data which had not been part of the original novels. There seemed to be too many details about the main characters that I was not aware of. But maybe that was just my forgettery at work.However, I don't think I will read another.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I loved this book! It was a great end to the series. ~SPOILERS BELOW~While I liked the book the ending to me did not seem very ~Salander-y~ to me. It didn't seem like she would just end up with Blomkvist in the end after everything that they had been through. Also while I enjoyed the book it did not have the same punch that the three previous books had. The first three books had a lot of graphic scenes (whether it be sex scenes or violence) and while this book did have a few scenes of violence it was no where near what the first three books had. I did like the conclusion but it seemed almost to nice and wrapped up. I don't think Salander or Blomkvist's lives get wrapped in a nice tidy bow ever.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Mikael Blomkvist hasn't written a decent story in a while and his reputation is once again being dragged through the mud in the media. The magazine he writes for has also struggled and had to accept some outside investment to avoid letting their two new recruits go and although they haven't interfered editorially as yet both Mikael and Erika Berger think it's only a matter of time until they do. Mikael's biggest problem though is that he is bored and is seriously contemplating leaving and it's only when a tip-off to a potential story happens to mention an old friend's involvement does he become interested again. Lisbeth Salender has managed to hack into the NSA, not because she was bored or through any privacy idealogue even if the latter was the message she left them with. She was searching for something quite specific and in the preocess managed to acquire quite an incriminating document even if it was encrypted with a code that even she is having trouble breaking. Can Blomkvist & Salender both find what they're looking for and will their paths cross again while they are searching?Having enjoyed Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy immensely I was a little apprehensive about picking this one up seeing as an author more widely recognised for his biographical work (I am Zlatan) was chosen to continue the series. I made the conscious decision not to re-read the original books as I thought that would not allow me to judge this one fairly with constant comparisons to writing style, story and characters. I think I made the rught choice. The time between alllowed me to come into this one fresh and read it for what it is. Yes, there are differences but that has to be expected. Lagercrantz has certainly toned things down quite a bit, especially with the sex and violence that were always a part of Larsson's books. It's not that it doesn't happen here but it's mostly done off page and left to the reader's imagination. The story itself concerns a prominent scientist who who quit his prestigious position for a leading American firm to return to Sweden to look after his autistic son taking his research with him. Research that interests a lot of people not all of which have good intentions for its application. This book is a lot more action oriented than I remember the previous ones being and that does make it an easier book to read but it does feel less immersive as a consequence. If Mr Lagercrantz is to continue the series (it's ending is open enough to do so) and as there's another book listed on the series page so it looks like he is then I will happily pick it up at some point in time.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Definitely not as good as the original three. Not enough Salander, and I disagree with the author's choice to 'ship' her and Blomkvist again. I should've checked before reading, but the author's Acknowledgments at the end thanked Larsson's brother and father. It was Larsson's girlfriend who had all of his notes and the manuscript of the fourth novel.

    I would not recommend unless you're a completist and HAVE to read it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this continuation of the series. Similar in many, many ways to the previous novels.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    The Girl in the Spider's Web is a continuation of the original Millennium series written by Stieg Larsson. The best book in the series, by far, is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Unfortunately, this book is the worst. It does include the characters from the original series, as well as some other new characters to create a story about the NSA and surveillance post 9/11. This probably would have been a better book if the focus had remained on either the original characters or on the premise of spying, but this novel was all over the place and not in a good way. Several different ideas were presented ranging from spying to child abuse, to autism, but the in depth revelations just weren't there and left me feeling as though the author didn't really know where to take this story. In addition, the original series, especially The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, had a gritty, descriptive quality that made the violence and graphic sex very intense. This book was, at best, a watered-down version made to appeal to a PG13 audience. I really wanted to enjoy this book as I had the original series, but I was left feeling as though I had been cheated out of what could have been a great story.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book was good, but I still wish the Millennium series had been left a trilogy instead of going for this continuation. I enjoyed seeing some of my favorite characters again and reading about their new exploits, but this book lack the magic of the first three books. On its own, this was a pretty decent read, but it just doesn't quite measure up to the trilogy which preceded it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Loved it. The writer that took over this series after Steig Larsson's passing did an excellent job. I would have liked to see a little more of Lisbeth but overall it was quite satisfying. I am hoping that the ending of the book leaves room for another one in the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This one is more of a 3 1/2 star rating. I enjoyed the book, but craved more of the Lisbeth character and story. I also had a hard time keeping track of the various characters and locations initially. Overall, an entertaining book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I didn't know what to expect from a Stieg Larsson book written by someone who's not Stieg Larsson, but I must say I hardly noticed the difference. True, I read the first three Millennium books in 2009, but Mikael and Lisbeth were portrayed here just like I remembered them. I didn't know how much I missed Lisbeth Salander until I started this book, and now I can't wait for the fith book in the series. I understand and respect Eva Gabrielsson's frustration, but as a writer myself, I think I'd like someone to respectfully finish the story I've started writing should I die before finishing it. Of course I never met Stieg Larsson, but the way I see it, The Girl in the Spider's Web is a gift to his readers.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I'm kind of worried where this series will end up. David Lagercrantz seems to be a capable writer in his own write; however, when an author pens a work that was begun by someone else there is inevitably a shift in the content. For some this shift might be good-- Lagercrantz may reach new audience members with his installment-- for others the shift may not be good-- fans of Larsson's work could be disappointed in the latest story.

    I happen to fall in the latter category-- I was disappointed in Lagercrantz's offering in the millennium series. Larsson had a different cadence and flow to his writing than Lagercrantz which appealed more to me. Characters in the story, unfortunately, also had a different hue to them which will inevitably happen with a different author. Berger for example was showing signs of being in love with Mikael rather than the relationship that was apparent in the previous stories. Also, I felt like Salander's sudden mathematical genius was too contrived. After all she is a hacker and her hacking into the NSA then attempting to hack a file using prime factorization and elliptical curve whatever felt very out of place to me. Salander also had this air of invincibility with Lagercrantz that was not the case with Larsson.

    I also felt that Larsson was imbuing his story with elements of Swedish society's treatment of women. Larsson was attempting to show how women were/are treated in what is ostensibly a Swedish man's society. I didn't get that from Lagercrantz.

    Overall, I didn't enjoy Lagercrantz's writing as it is in The Girl in the Spider's Web. Some have argued that Lagercrantz might be at a disadvantage largely because Larsson's girlfriend, whom Larsson was with for a very long time, was not involved with this book.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This is a competent enough continuation of Stieg Larsson's Salander/Millenium books. It is a while since I read the originals but I felt that Larsson knew Salander much better than Lagercrantz does - she was his girl. As might be expected, Lisbeth has to suffer a fair bit of personal violence but, as another reviewer has suggested, she is treated as a super-hero and the blows seem to bounce off her. Curiously, considering the suggestion that Blomkvist was Larsson's alter ego, I thought Lagercrantz did a better job with him.The plot is reasonably straight-forward with enough badly behaved law-enforcement operatives to keep the Wikileaks followers happy. I found the ending rather too sentimental but there is a wide-open gate leading to the next episode. As with the Jason Bourne books, this follow-on doesn't improve on the originals but is good enough to keep the fans reading.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Although not quite the same as the original author who had such a fine eye for detail, the continuing of his legacy by this author did a great job with the possible exception of some dropped sequences, waiting with a broader brush. Despite that the series continues to entertain and the intrigue is delightful
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I love the series, and this book has the same consistency. The plot is complicated but it comes together at the end.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    An enjoyable thriller that was close but not quite the same as the first three books. Clear setup for further books in the series.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Not as good as the stories by Larssen. Too much exposition, not enough story.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    SENATOR, YOU'RE NO JACK KENNEDYI was a big fan of Stieg's Larsson's trilogy published in the USA 2008-2009. I gobbled them up as soon as they came out. I particularly liked "Dragon Tattoo" and I enjoyed the US and Swedish film versions of that story as well. While I liked the succeeding two books, "Fire" and "Hornet's Nest" I felt they treated Lisbeth Salander as more of a super-hero, and they both felt a bit like comic book treatments. However, I must admit that Amazon readers generally don't agree with me based on ratings and number of reviews. "Dragon Tattoo" was 4.5 stars with 6000 reviews; the other two Larsson books each had 8500 reviews and 4.5 stars. On the one hand while I was sad to hear of Larsson's demise realizing there would be no more "The Girl...." books, I was satisfied that the stories had probably run their course; I was ready to move on to new things. When it was announced a few years back that the series would continue under the authorship of David Lagercrantz I wasn't too excited - I was not familiar with any successful extensions of a deceased author's work, yet aware of a couple disasters. Recently, I read the Washington Post's Maureen Corrigan review of "The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye", book #5 if you're counting. In it she comments that #4, "The Girl in the Spider's Web" (SW) , had received terrific reviews and recalled Larsson's "numbed noir atmosphere" yet eliminated some of his stylist faults; I decided to give Lagercrantz a shot and try SW. I found it to be very different, not in a good way in many cases, from the original. For one thing, it's main focus was not on Millenium magazine, star reporter Blomqvist and the rest of the team. Rather it had an awful lot to do with hacking, computer security, software, and the inner workings of NSA, Sweden's Sapo, and the Stockholm police. Salander's presence in the first half on the book is mostly in the background, i.e., by reference; I kept waiting for her to make a grand entrance. Finally, she appears, and it's not so grand. She encounters a bad guy and smites him.....in a game of chess. He admits to some evil doings, confesses all, and Salander lets him go! A kinder, gentler, Salander? Well, yes and no. She does come to the rescue of a young boy with an all too common affliction, befriends him and saves him again, and again. I thought the writing style was inferior. Page 310: "Kajsa could tell that he felt terrible about shooting those children (reviewer's note, two little girls, both in the face). He was a murderer, a man whose specialty had been torture...but he still had his moral boundaries..." I didn't feel the same tension that I recall in the Larsson books, but then again it's been almost 8 years. Occasionally, some of the dialogue seemed off. Occasionally, there would be a response that didn't seem just right in English. I'm not sure if that's on the translator or the author, but it was a bit annoying. The plot wasn't that interesting to me. The original books were longer by about 250 - 350 pages but they seemed to fly by faster than SW. The comic book aura is still there. A leading character is shot, entry and exit wound; takes some anti-biotics but no doctor, no stitches - really!? And several key characters use handles to disguise their web identity, e.g. The Wasp - if you're between 12 and 28 you probably know who that was, or is, I'm not sure.In conclusion, let's first take a look at the Amazon numbers. Four stars for SW, down 1/2 star, but 9600 reviews. I suspect that the reader count may have been boosted in part by the advent of e-readers in the ensuing years. Will I read "Eye for an Eye"? Probably not, but I may feel differently a year from now.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It has been a while since I enjoyed the Lizbeth Slander series. I was apprehensive that Steig Larsson's series would advance in someone else's hands. Lagercrantz did a more than proficient job but I missed the copious amounts of coffee prepared, discussed, and drunk in the first three books.Mikael Blomkvist is still with the struggling Millennium magazine. He received a cryptic phone call from a renowned mathematician and arrived at his house, just missing a break-in and murder. The only witness was the mathematician's eight year old son who was autistic. Looking around the man's house he noticed there was no computer but he found a meticulous drawing of a traffic light.Mikael enlists the help of his old friend, Lizebeth, a genius with computers and able to hack into the most carefully guarded sites. Together they help the police arrest the murderer and his cohorts. However, they are not able to catch their boss, who turns out to be Lizbeth's twin sister.These books are not necessarily mysteries. The reader follows the bad guys' actions as well as the good guys'. What draws the reader in is the method used by Lizbeth to solve problems. She is a kick-ass, no-hold-bar heroine, one that I have enjoyed immensely.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Couldn't stop listening. Every chance I got. And it had some funny conversations :)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    He doesn’t get the subtleties of lisbeths’ character, which is disappointing, and he omits the even more subtle Swedish humour, but otherwise writes a good book! Don’t compare it to the originals and you’ll enjoy yourself.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It was a good book overall. I liked how the author had tried and made the characters feel like they had been under the previous creator Larsson. I'm sure the next one will be even better. I just think there were maybe a few areas where there was a little too much hesitation from Lisbeth when planning to contact Mikael.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    So fun to revisit these characters. It's obviously not quite as good asthe original trilogy, but much better than I anticipated. I'm glad I took the time to listen.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Good book, continues the story.

    Tips, do not reread the old books first. Some distance in memory helps.

    Don't expect the same, it's not.

    But it is good and worth the read.