Reviews - Lesbiska ligan: En sann kriminalhistoria

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Lesbiska ligan: En sann kriminalhistoria

Mian Lodalen

3.49 AVERAGE

williamgideon's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Hmm I don't really feel either positive or negative about this book. It was engaging enough to keep my attention, and covered an interesting era in history. But I found all of the characters to be extremely unlikeable, especially Eva, who comes off as clingy, controlling, tone-deaf and disrespecting of others' boundaries. Similarly to Lodalen's other book, Lisa och Lilly, it mentions street name upon street name that are totally uninteresting to anyone not from/familiar with Stockholm. And the dialogue felt a little stiff to me.

Content Warnings

itaby's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Took some time to get into the story because of the language. Everything is written in an older way. Once I got the hang of it it was a pretty good book. Thought it would involve an actual crime like bank robbery, but it was only the historical criminalisation of homosexuality. That's what I get for going in blind and based on the title, but it was interesting nonetheless.