"Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans--our punk hacker heroine is in good hands.... A twisty, bloody thrill ride.... An instant page-turner." --USA Today (4 out of 4 stars)
"Excellent.... Anyone craving more Salander bad-assery should get their hands on a copy of Spider's Web faster than Lisbeth can hack into the NSA." --People
"Salander and Blomkvist are just as compelling as ever.... Fans of Stieg Larsson's captivating odd couple of modern detective fiction will not be disappointed." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Riveting.... Pyrotechnic.... An intelligent novel that has Salander entangled in one of the most contentious issues of our times." --Chicago Tribune
" The Girl in the Spider's Web is masterful.... Intricate and ambitious.... Salander is an extraordinary heroine whose hacker skills are more relevant than ever in an increasingly high-tech surveillance society." --The Atlantic
"Lagercrantz has more than met the challenge. Larsson's brainchildren are in good hands and may have even come up a bit in the world." --The Wall Street Journal
"Lagercrantz's real achievement here is the subtle development of Lisbeth's character; he allows us access to her complex, alienated world but is careful not to remove her mystery and unknowability. Lisbeth Salander remains, in Lagercrantz's hands, the most enigmatic and fascinating anti-heroine in fiction." --Financial Times
"A thrillingly layered book every bit as addictive as the originals." --O, The Oprah Magazine
"[A] worthy, crowd-pleasing fourth installment.... Lagercrantz, his prose more assured than Larsson's, keeps Salander's fiery rage at the white-hot level her fans will want." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[A] smart, action-packed thriller that is true to the spirit of the characters Larsson created while adding interesting new ones and updating the political backdrop that made the Millennium series so compelling." --The Buffalo News
"This whirlwind of nonstop action and intrigue is compulsively readable to the electrifying end." --Library Journal (starred review)
"Fans of the original trilogy will be pleased with [Lagercrantz's] new installment. The novel is a smart, propulsive thriller and espionage tale with a timely digital age plot (think Snowden and Wikileaks)." --The Hollywood Reporter
"Engrossing.... In spinning a complex and intriguing new chapter in the adventures of Blomkvist and Salander, Lagercrantz has written a worthy successor to one of the more uniquely compelling thriller sagas of his generation." --Paste
"Lagercrantz pulls it off, and with a great deal of style.... Elegantly paced, slickly executed, and properly thrilling.... A welcome treat." --The Guardian
"Passion and fire, check: there are plenty of both here.... Fast-moving, credible, and intelligently told. Larsson fans won't be disappointed." --Kirkus Reviews
"Action-packed and thoroughly enjoyable.... [A] finely-wrought thriller.... I will eagerly devour the next adventure for Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist, especially now that we know their fate lies in the hands of a writer worthy of their story." --William O'Connor, The Daily Beast
