I guess this entire series is fated to receive three stars from me. I enjoy them but I'm not planning on re-reading them again or anything. Mostly I just love Lisbeth so I'm stickin it out.
I enjoyed parts of this book, though it was slow-going and I wasn't really hooked until about 70 percent in. I'm happy that Lagercrantz doesn't seem to write as much pointless, descriptive narrative as Larsson did, but overall the plot was still slow. It KILLS me that the series insists on only allowing Lisbeth and Mikael to communicate over encrypted texts and emails every so often, only to have them finally meet face to face during the last two pages, THEN skipping time at the beginning of the next book only to find out they haven't spoken to each other in MONTHS. I mean, come on.
Reading over some of the other reviews for this book, some people are saying they don't really like Lagercrantz's portrayal of Lisbeth, but I don't really agree. I think her lack of action had more to do with the plot than with the characterization.
The end of the book really picks up though. I was actually considering waiting a while before I started the fifth book but now after reading the last hundred pages I'm going to start now. I'm praying that Mikael and Lisbeth are actually in contact at the beginning of the book, but I've now been fooled by that thought for four books in a row. (I do think Lagercrantz might be a lowkey Lisbeth/Mikael shipper though sooooo here's hoping...)