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janiceinwonderland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault and Kidnapping
bbbarttt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
kathrinpassig's review against another edition
2.0
theeuphoriczat's review against another edition
3.0
This is was a really easy one for me to read and I did enjoy it. I have to say that this book is very similar to Kill Bokson, the Netflix show.
ashley_tx's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
torivica's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
raulbime's review against another edition
In the end this book isn't necessarily to blame for my disappointment, I am. It never pretended to be anything it wasn't. And honestly it was intriguing in the beginning, and might interest those who like stories with a premise like this one. It's not everyday that books about older people, especially women, are written and published, much less translated into English. So reading about an old woman who uses the cloak of invisibility society wraps around the old as it pushes them towards the margins of society to become unseen and unheard as a tool in her trade as an assassin did thrill me, until it didn't. Honestly I've never been a big fan of detective/murder/"action" stories, and only tend to like them when there's more besides killings and when writers delve brilliantly into the societal conditions that produce violence, which is to say I kind of set myself up here. At the back of my mind as I read this, the only thing that echoed was this passage from[b:Transit|1793889|Transit|Anna Seghers|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1188429527l/1793889._SY75_.jpg|2283306] by [a:Anna Seghers|262916|Anna Seghers|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1235495804p2/262916.jpg]
"Aren't you thoroughly fed up with such thrilling stories? Aren't you sick of all these suspenseful tales about people surviving mortal danger by a hair, about breathtaking escapes? Me, I'm sick and tired of them. If something still thrills me today, then maybe it's an old worker's yarn about how many feet of wire he's drawn in the course of his long life and what tools he used, or the glow of the lamplight by which a few children are doing their homework."
care95's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0