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SherlockFrankenstein t1_jdz5rez wrote

When i finished the millennium trilogy (girl with a dragon tattoo, the girl who played with fire, the girl who kicked the hornet's nest) knowing that the author had passed away after he finished them i got depressed knowing that these characters wouldn't be coming back because of that. Also, because Stieg Larsson didn't live to see what a big success his books would be.

I know that recently other authors have written sequels to the trilogy but i haven't read them.

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Camreth t1_je0y44p wrote

I read the first sequel and it was trailer trash bad, the characters where changed massively and the story made very little sense. I loved the original three so much that they are the only books I have ever read in the original Swedish (i had already read through in Norwegian once and the language is close enough that i could read without too many problems). I would heartily recommend not reading those so as to preserve the memory of the originals.

The sad part is that Larsson apparently almost finished a book 4 but due to family drama surrounding his death the draft seems to be stuck in limbo.

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SherlockFrankenstein t1_je2vcl6 wrote

I have no problem with other writers taking over characters & writing duties, it's just that sometimes that doesn't work out.

You just need to find somebody who is a fan of the original and understands the characters and respects both.

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Camreth t1_je465y5 wrote

Agree 100% My best example of that is Sanderson aking over the Wheel of Time after Jordan's passing. It was not perfect, especially in the earlier parts, but he respected the characters, understood them and genuinely wanted to complete Jordan's story and it shows.

Sadly Millennium 4 did not get this same treatment.

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SherlockFrankenstein t1_je6jzdr wrote

Problem is there's too much of that today, people taking over franchises that have no respect for it.

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Ohwhatagoose t1_je6kmdy wrote

I loved that trilogy! Lisbeth Salander was my favorite character.

I did try to get into the sequel “The Girl In The Spider’s Web” by David Lagercrantz but in my opinion it wasn’t that good. Something was missing.

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SherlockFrankenstein t1_je6w366 wrote

I know what you mean, "Something is missing," like the spark that was there in the original is gone.

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SeaAnything8 t1_je8lkpc wrote

There’s also a hollowness that comes from knowing it’s not the original author. Even if other writers can mimic it, it’s not the same.

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