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angrygreycatreads's review against another edition
4.0
The Blood Spilt is the second Rebecka Martinsson novel. I read and enjoyed the first one and this picks up where that left off. Rebecka has been profoundly affected by the events in book 1, to the point she is not really functioning. She returns with a colleague, to the area of her hometown and gradually gets immersed in a case involving the murder of a female priest, who had a lot of enemies as well as worshippers. The development of all the key characters in the story are well done and as a reader you can truly see how it all unfolded, leading to tragic ends.
An atmospheric read, with a measured pace, and great character development make for a very good mystery read.
An atmospheric read, with a measured pace, and great character development make for a very good mystery read.
bruc79's review against another edition
2.0
Foi uma desilusão. Personagens masculinos religiosos e complexados. Mulheres um pouco ou totalmente perturbadas psicologicamente. Muito pouca capacidade de prender em termos de leitura. Aguardo por um outro autor nórdico que me faça acreditar que pode existir um equivalente a Stieg Larsson.
leighryks's review against another edition
3.0
This was very dark, but I still want to read the next one.
leah_gravel's review against another edition
3.0
Commencer par le deuxième tome de cette série policière suédoise n'était peut-être pas la meilleure chose à faire. L'intrigue se comprend aisément malgré le fait qu'un précédent roman ait présenté les personnages. Cependant, la psychologie du personnage principal, Rebecca Martinsson, mérite qu'on lise le premier tome avant de lire le deuxième. En effet, cette dernière souffre de dépression suite à des faits qui se sont déroulés dans le premier tome [b:Horreur boréale|13510651|Horreur boréale|Åsa Larsson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1330865082s/13510651.jpg|513611]. De nombreux rappels sont présentés au lecteur tout au long de cette lecture mais vu l'importance que l'intrigue du premier tome a eu sur Rebecka, je pense qu'il est plus qu'essentiel de l'avoir lu.
L'histoire ne m'a pas tenu en haleine. J'ai eu du mal à rentrer dedans... Notamment à cause de Rebecka. L'auteure la présente parfaitement et décrit très bien ce que peut être un épisode dépressif mais... la dépression éloigne les personnes de leur entourage... Et ce sentiment de mise à distance m'a tenue écartée de Rebecka tout au long du livre, ce que je regrette. Encore une fois, peut-être qu'en ayant lu le premier tome avant, j'aurais eu un attachement plus profond au personnage.
Pour en revenir, à l'intrigue policière je n'ai pas accroché à l'histoire non plus. Le personnage de Mildred m'a énervée un bon nombre de fois et le rythme de l'enquête ne m'aidait pas à me passionner pour le dénouement.
Points positifs, l'histoire est bien écrite et l'atmosphère du grand nord suédois m'a beaucoup plu. Je lirai peut-être la suite de cette série car j'ai envie de savoir comment l'auteure va faire évoluer Rebecka.
Pour conclure, voici mon conseil : commencez par le premier tome !
L'histoire ne m'a pas tenu en haleine. J'ai eu du mal à rentrer dedans... Notamment à cause de Rebecka. L'auteure la présente parfaitement et décrit très bien ce que peut être un épisode dépressif mais... la dépression éloigne les personnes de leur entourage... Et ce sentiment de mise à distance m'a tenue écartée de Rebecka tout au long du livre, ce que je regrette. Encore une fois, peut-être qu'en ayant lu le premier tome avant, j'aurais eu un attachement plus profond au personnage.
Pour en revenir, à l'intrigue policière je n'ai pas accroché à l'histoire non plus. Le personnage de Mildred m'a énervée un bon nombre de fois et le rythme de l'enquête ne m'aidait pas à me passionner pour le dénouement.
Points positifs, l'histoire est bien écrite et l'atmosphère du grand nord suédois m'a beaucoup plu. Je lirai peut-être la suite de cette série car j'ai envie de savoir comment l'auteure va faire évoluer Rebecka.
Pour conclure, voici mon conseil : commencez par le premier tome !
lezeeticus28's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
stevendedalus's review against another edition
3.0
Not bland, but a rather amorphous, not terribly thrilling thriller. Things just sort of happen, toxic masculinity haunts everything and damages everyone but never feels rooted, more like an exaggeration so that the action and the plot can occur.
Its interest in female perspective adds a bit of bite but I think it could have worked much more effectively as a study of the normalcy of the toxicity: the combination of shifts to a wolf's perspective, a (not really at all) "raging" feminist and her enemies feels like trying to gin up excitement from what could be a much more interesting character study of a rural community.
It's more emotionally complex than your average airport read, but it's jagged and a bit lost within itself trying to graft Silence of the Lambs setpieces onto a place where the real dangers aren't nearly so colourful, but just as destructive in other ways.
Its interest in female perspective adds a bit of bite but I think it could have worked much more effectively as a study of the normalcy of the toxicity: the combination of shifts to a wolf's perspective, a (not really at all) "raging" feminist and her enemies feels like trying to gin up excitement from what could be a much more interesting character study of a rural community.
It's more emotionally complex than your average airport read, but it's jagged and a bit lost within itself trying to graft Silence of the Lambs setpieces onto a place where the real dangers aren't nearly so colourful, but just as destructive in other ways.
tien's review against another edition
4.0
Woah, the ending literally broker my heart and I had to jump on to the next book to find out what’s happening next. Book 1, [b:Sun Storm|423523|Sun Storm (Rebecka Martinsson, #1)|Åsa Larsson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320410370s/423523.jpg|513611] also had a crazy ending and it was hard to believe that Rebecka got involved in something violent yet again especially as she’s still recovering from trauma. She’s a brave girl though wanting to do the right thing. For some reason though, I couldn’t really get into the mystery side of things and the resolution didn’t quite satisfy (despite the dramatic end). I did find, however, the different culture/atmosphere interesting. It’s curious also, that both books so far involved the church!
baechus's review against another edition
4.0
well I like it, the book was kinda heavy and slow in some parts (at least for me) but I love the characters and the changes I don't understand why Åsa play with my feelings with the animals things T.T but I loved it, I like the way that she experiments with other type of narration as an example with first person narration and I also love the little alter history that she tell, and the way that Rebecka change and how weak she is in that moment is a good change and a good mix showing her with strong female characters around her.