Reviews tagging 'Blood'

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten

5 reviews

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

This is a much slower book than the previous one. These stories track the back stories of Maud and those close to her.You do have to suspend belief for some of them, since how is it the police , or guess the ME,

track that almonds was the cause of death or that the murder weapon was a cane? Does Maud rid of the cane after the murder? I assume she doesn’t take it with her to the gathering with the other travelers, but then wouldn’t that be out of character for her??

  I guess since this is more about Maud and her murdering schemes, there isn’t a need to go into details for the other side. It just feels un-thrurough, for a lack of a better word. Maybe I watch too much SVU 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual assault

bones_jackson's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Achei as histórias meio ruins, muito flashback, bem diferente do primeiro livro, mas o final é fofo 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Dementia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

becksusername's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Nice to get some backstory on Maud and to see her doing good for others. She's nuanced. Kind of 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Murder, Ableism, Sexual violence, Blood, Animal death, and Sexual assault

bookishaddictions's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

These short stories tell of the adventures of Maud, an elderly woman from Sweden. However, Maud isn’t as nice as we typically expect little old ladies to be. We get to follow Maud as she “solves” problems at home, and we get to follow her on her trips abroad. The stories are funny, quick, and remind you why the elderly should not be underestimated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Mental illness

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked it up until the very end. The last 30 pages really brought the rating down. I gave it a 3.5 elsewhere but Goodreads hasn’t caught on to the half star fun.

Maud gets very white savior-y at the end when she swoops in to save a random South African family she happened to meet. It’s just giving ‘Instagram in the summer of 2020’ vibes with the performatism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence