The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

By David Lagercrantz

(Tansley Reads Rating: 50%)

Icebreaker

 

Which news personality/journalist, in your mind, is the most credible and why?

 

Questions

 

1.  Which part of the book did you find the most engaging?  Was it the characters (who?), the setting or the mystery itself?

 

2.  Chart with: When are hackers harmful? – When are hackers helpful?

                     

3.  When Lisbeth kidnapped August did she do the right or wrong thing for the right or wrong reasons (make chart).  Below add the word -- Why?

 

4.  On page 154 Detective Inspector Bublanski reports that the doctor/rabbi said to him, “what matters is not that we believe in God. God is not small-minded.  What matters is for us to understand that life is serious and rich.  We should appreciate it and also try to make the world a better place.  Whoever finds a balance between the two is close to God.”

How does this fit with your spiritual values? 

Did anyone in the story attain this balance?

 

5.  How did you find the ending? Was it satisfying?  Can you envision a better, or different, ending?  What was the significance of the last sentence “A star fell outside in the night sky.”?

 

 

 6.  Quick round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss that we missed?