It’s an absolute miracle that I’ve actually read all the books in this series since every one of them MAKES ME CRAZY. As I’ve probably said in every review I’ve left for these books, I stick through them literally ONLY for Lisbeth and it seemed like she was a background character in this one.
Honestly, ALL I WANT is for Lisbeth & Mikael to spend more than two pages together. Literally. That’s all I want. This book had a face-to-face interaction in a record THIRTY pages, destroying the previous record of like, three frickin hundred but then after that ONE page of dialogue, it seemed like the author just completely grazes over any of the other handful of times they’re together. It makes me lose my mind.
The ending was really short and didn’t really tie up anything for me in terms of Lisbeth, so I have no idea where the sixth book will pick up. I’ll probably read it, or at least read a summary to see what Lisbeth is up to, but honestly I have held on to hope that this series will turn around in my favor for too long.