I will admit this was probably my favorite book after the first one, but that's still a very low bar. I don't like this series. I wish I wasn't such a completionist so I didn't feel the urge to keep going, but I'm relieved that it's the last for now, even though it ended on a cliffhanger with the implication of more. And I will say that under David Lagercrantz's writing, Lisbeth and Blomkvist are different characters. You can definitely see a difference in their personalities under a new author.

I don't like the writing. There's rampant sexism (that's unintentional, not the intentional discussion on sexism I know these books include). Fetishization of violence against women. Flat characters. Convoluted plots. Illogical jumps. I am not a fan.

But there must be something in these books other people like, so maybe I'm just missing what makes them so great.