I was pleasantly surprised after the last book. I actually wondered if half the trouble of the last one was translation, since the formatting in the book was off sometimes too. It seemed like a half assed effort all around. Luckily this book has two things the previous one did not: A coherent, decent mystery and plot, and the good flow. This made it less of a chore to read as it was far less boring.

I still feel like this trilogy deeply misunderstood fundamental aspects of Lisbeth and Micke. It’s toned down. Less political, very little to none character growth, and less feminist. As with the others I would call this one toothless. The plotting is not great, but serviceable. It’s an alright commercial fiction book, which yet again, didn’t pay much attention to Lisbeth. It is however, a much better effort than the last two books and I recognize that and appreciate it.