So it's apparently too much to ask for any of the books in this series to indulge my desire for more Lisbeth/Mikael interaction, since the two are rarely even in the same room as each other. Really, by the time I hit page 300 I'd given up any hope at all. These books drive me crazy with this refusal for the two main characters to have a conversation face to face.
My complaints for this book were pretty much the same as the second, with me skipping over large chunks of text because I just DID NOT CARE about what was happening. Larsson insists on explaining every. single. detail of things I have absolutely no interest in, so much so that this book probably could've gotten the job done in about 450 pages.
There were some bright spots in this one: I really enjoyed Giannini and it was entertaining to watch her completely destroy the prosecution during Lisbeth's trial. I also really liked Lisbeth's doctor, Jonassen and his take-no-shit attitude. Overall, this series isn't one of my favorites plot-wise, but I have continued on in spite of my complaints mainly because I like Lisbeth so much.
I know now that the next books in the series are written by a different author, so they're bound to have a different style to them. I'm wary and disappointed after reading a couple reviews of Spider's Web, since apparently Lisbeth isn't even in the first half of the book (UGH WHY), and some think the new author isn't up to par with Larsson (not sure how to feel about that since Larsson's writing style is not my favorite) but I'm gonna read it because Claire Foy is gonna be Lisbeth in the movie and I'm really excited for that.