Reviews

V. I. Warshawski ja punainen kukko by Irmeli Ruuska, Sara Paretsky

claudiafp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

koshkemeow's review against another edition

4.0

This book was okay, it is part of a series but the prof wanted these one to be read for my "Crime, Mystery and Detection" class. I can't tell you rather I like it or not. It did make me want to possibly one day go and locate the first one and work my way through them but I am not going to lose sleep over them. Good story, good red herrings, way too many charactors. I am not even sure I could name all of them and how they work into the plot.

bdplume's review against another edition

3.0

Not bad, but not as good as other VI books I've read. It takes a long time setting up an end that seems inevitable and obvious.

minsies's review against another edition

3.0

I like finding detectives that work for me, and Warshawski certainly does. The thing is that I don't really find crime novels all that riveting, so while the ones I like are a step above OK, there's nothing to elevate them past that.

And that's fine with me - I don't need to have srs bsns reasons for everything (or anything) I read. I do like being able to articulate what I like, though, and the most I can say for crime novels that work is that they're not especially gross (where especially gross varies according to my mood, but anyway).

This is not especially gross! There's a dog who makes it through the book unscathed! I don't like everything about Warshawski, but I do like most of it! The racist bits are kept to a relative minimum!

So, yeah. A step above OK.

bjerz's review against another edition

5.0

Sara Paretsky never disappoints, and Burn Marks is another great read. V.I. Warshawski's friend asks for her support as she runs for office in Chicago, while at the same time her alcoholic aunt shows up at her doorstep asking for help. Somehow both stories intertwine and V.I. is almost killed, again. Very gripping.

koshkemeow's review against another edition

4.0

This book was okay, it is part of a series but the prof wanted these one to be read for my "Crime, Mystery and Detection" class. I can't tell you rather I like it or not. It did make me want to possibly one day go and locate the first one and work my way through them but I am not going to lose sleep over them. Good story, good red herrings, way too many charactors. I am not even sure I could name all of them and how they work into the plot.