Name: The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)
ISBN: 9781529427059

KARIN. SMIRNOFF

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The Girl in the Eagle's Talons

Karin Smirnoff

#1 INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER • Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series • Also known as the Millennium series “Lisbeth Salander is back—and maybe better than ever. Karin Smirnoff’s take is both respectful of the past and ready for the future—altogether remarkable.” —Lee Child, author of No Plan B Change is coming to Sweden’s far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush, with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it’s not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala is a remarkably gifted teenager—and she’s being watched. Mikael Blomkvist is also heading north. He has seen better days. Millennium magazine is in its final print issue, and relations with his daughter are strained. Worse still, there are troubling rumors surrounding the man she’s about to marry. When the truth behind the whispers explodes into violence, Salander emerges as Blomkvist’s last hope. A pulse-pounding thriller, The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons sees Salander and Blomkvist navigating a world of conspiracy and betrayal, old enemies and new friends, ice-bound wilderness and the global corporations that threaten to tear it apart.

A Lisbeth Salander Novel

Scott Wilson

The seventh book in the series inspired by the author of the first three novels, Stieg Larson, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons this time written by Karin Smirnoff, is an obvious departure from the past six books. In this book we see many of our favourite past characters including main characters Lizbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist and secondary characters including Mikael's daughter Pernilla who is now marrying former criminal now politician Henry Salo, Super Hacker "The Plague" plays some interesting parts in the book. New Characters include a very interesting young lady, Svala who as Salander's 13-year-old niece appears to share many of the family traits; and Lukas the son of Henry Salo. Interesting new villains include "The Cleaner" a hitman who loves sea eagles and the woods around his cottage; and a grotesque new supervillain that I will leave you to discover on your own. Back are the nefarious Russian influences, and corporate corruption but new this time we are out of the main Swedish thoroughfares and have moved North into the more natural setting of Norbotten home to the Sami people - a nomadic culture that lives off of the land and the grazing reindeer that share this rugged terrain. Swedish (and world) important cultural issues raised in this novel include human and sex trafficking, refugees place in society, the ignoring of marginalized indigenous people's rights in the name of modernization, and the pillaging of natural resources in the name of Green Energy and mining. There is a lot to love in this book and you can definitely see that the author has set herself up for her future books (possibly two more to come?) I suspect we will see future editions include the relationship between Svala and Salander; more news of Hacker/Friend Plague; and I even believe we will see the evil supervillain and their corporation return in the near future. Now what I didn't love - the edition provided to me seemed like its translation had been rushed and not yet in its final state. The text's paragraphs were cut up and disjointed, and the character's dialogues ran into one another so much so that you weren't sure who was saying what. As a result, you had to go back to reread the lines to figure out "Oh that is two different characters and they aren't even in the same location!" I realize that this is a free sample provided by the publisher in order to have some reviews provided shortly after publication - but I have to recommend that you spend a little more time getting this sample ready for your reviewers. I have decided to take only 1 star off for the formatting issues - that I only have to assume will be rectified in the future copies - but most definately get your hands on a physical copy before you buy and ensure this is the case!! In terms of the story itself there are bright spots of Stieg Larson shining through Karin Smirnoff's writing... you just need to have time and space to make sense of what is happening. I would also suggest that some of the allegorical and cultural references may be lost in translation if you do no.t take the time to understand some of the underlying story (particularly the references to the sea eagles, and the Sami peoples.) I would like to thank the publisher Penguin Random House Canada and Net Galley for providing me with a kindle version of the book (time limited) in exchange for my honest review. I have received no compensation nor influence in providing this review which is my own opinion.

#1 International Best Seller Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Millennium series Change is coming to Sweden’s far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it’s not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala is a remarkably gifted teenager—and she’s being watched. Mikael Blomkvist is also heading north. He has seen better days. Millennium magazine is in its final print issue, and relations with his daughter are strained. Worse still, there are troubling rumors surrounding the man she’s about to marry. When the truth behind the whispers explodes into violence, Salander emerges as Blomkvist’s last hope. A pulse-pounding thriller, The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons sees Salander and Blomkvist navigating a world of conspiracy and betrayal, old enemies and new friends, ice-bound wilderness and the global corporations that threaten to tear it apart.

The seventh book in the series inspired by the author of the first three novels, Stieg Larson, The Girl in the Eagle's Talons this time written by Karin Smirnoff, is an obvious departure from the past six books. In this book we see many of our favourite past characters including main characters Lizbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist and secondary characters including Mikael's daughter Pernilla who is now marrying former criminal now politician Henry Salo, Super Hacker "The Plague" plays some interesting parts in the book. New Characters include a very interesting young lady, Svala who as Salander's 13-year-old niece appears to share many of the family traits; and Lukas the son of Henry Salo. Interesting new villains include "The Cleaner" a hitman who loves sea eagles and the woods around his cottage; and a grotesque new supervillain that I will leave you to discover on your own. Back are the nefarious Russian influences, and corporate corruption but new this time we are out of the main Swedish thoroughfares and have moved North into the more natural setting of Norbotten home to the Sami people - a nomadic culture that lives off of the land and the grazing reindeer that share this rugged terrain. Swedish (and world) important cultural issues raised in this novel include human and sex trafficking, refugees place in society, the ignoring of marginalized indigenous people's rights in the name of modernization, and the pillaging of natural resources in the name of Green Energy and mining. There is a lot to love in this book and you can definitely see that the author has set herself up for her future books (possibly two more to come?) I suspect we will see future editions include the relationship between Svala and Salander; more news of Hacker/Friend Plague; and I even believe we will see the evil supervillain and their corporation return in the near future. Now what I didn't love - the edition provided to me seemed like its translation had been rushed and not yet in its final state. The text's paragraphs were cut up and disjointed, and the character's dialogues ran into one another so much so that you weren't sure who was saying what. As a result, you had to go back to reread the lines to figure out "Oh that is two different characters and they aren't even in the same location!" I realize that this is a free sample provided by the publisher in order to have some reviews provided shortly after publication - but I have to recommend that you spend a little more time getting this sample ready for your reviewers. I have decided to take only 1 star off for the formatting issues - that I only have to assume will be rectified in the future copies - but most definitely get your hands on a physical copy before you buy and ensure this is the case!! In terms of the story itself there are bright spots of Stieg Larson shining through Karin Smirnoff's writing... you just need to have time and space to make sense of what is happening. I would also suggest that some of the allegorical and cultural references may be lost in translation if you do no.t take the time to understand some of the underlying story (particularly the references to the sea eagles, and the Sami peoples.) I would like to thank the publisher Penguin Random House Canada and Net Galley for providing me with a Kindle version of the book (time limited) in exchange for my honest review. I have received no compensation nor influence in providing this review which is my own opinion.

Like books 4-6, this one felt like only half a book compared to the first three. Still not sure this author really knows what to do with the two main characters. But the story was good and at least it was original, unlike the lazy ripped from the headlines plots of the last author

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