Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

hmetwade's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Rape, Cancer, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Death, and Car accident

dflemmons's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked the flashback stories in this collection where Maud is taking care of business, but the main event story about the safari in Africa was way too sappy and white saviour-ish to me. The cookie recipes were a nice touch.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, and Racism

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