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3.13 AVERAGE
3.13 AVERAGE
Reminded me a little bit of "The 100 year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared". Well it has Swedish old people engaged in improbable crime being chased by frustrated and somewhat dim police and shady gangsters. However it had none of the whimsy, little of the charm and quite a few plot holes. I want to say poorly written but am wondering if it was just poorly translated.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Book 27 of 2025 finished 4/3/25 ⭐️⭐️
Book 1 of the League of Pensioners series
79 year old Martha has had enough, the retirement home she lives in has been rebranded and the residents are being treated like old people! The cut backs and new staff mean that Martha and her friends are being treated ‘worse than people in prison.’ They decide to take matters into their own hands and come up with a plan which will land them in a Stockholm prison and thus getting them the lifestyle they deserve.
My thoughts: Great premise with funny moments but i found the writing too much description and not enough action. I found the book quite boring in places but the plot kept me interested as I wanted to know how it would end.
The story is not realistic at all so you need to go into this with an open mind. The storyline just gets sillier and sillier as it goes on but I’m glad i finished it. I am amazed this is a series of books as I feel like 1 was enough. I won’t be reading more of the series.
Quote: ‘I want to live for as long as possible- but I want to live an exciting life for as long as I can too.’
DNF @ 12%. Just couldn't get the flow of it and it felt a bit boring.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Enjoyed this with the old people causing chaos. Frustrated by the number of unlikely occurrences
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’m sure most people would find this more amusing than I did.
This just didn’t fulfill its potential, in my opinion, and I feel like 40% is a fair shake. The characters felt really surface-level, and the situations were more silly than entertaining. The book felt more like a series of loosely connected short stories that weren’t that great — this may be a translation issue, or maybe this one just isn’t for me. There are just a lot of books I’d rather be reading.
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2018
Task#23 A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
Task#23 A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60
Entertaining, but long and predictable. It’s like a Golden Girls movie event or a Leslie Nielsen mini series.