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A review by aqsa_ayman
Widows by Lynda La Plante
4.0
Dolly is a whip-smart protagonist, with many sides to her personality. She’s a natural leader but is frail when she feels her age, and is constantly challenged by the girls who are part of her heist. She outwits (other) criminals at every turn even though she knows she’s way out of her depth. I only wish that kind of care was taken with the police officers, especially with Resnick. It annoyed me that there was so much focus on his size and body odour when he had an interesting backstory that went nowhere. There were also major plot points that would have made the end more exciting rather than being passed over for the second book.
This was a slow burn and didn’t really have a traditional crisis point towards the end, but I really liked how the widows were characterised - they weren’t made out to be sudden badasses who could pull off a robbery with hardly any preparation. There’s so much strategy shared and even a few comedic moments as they practice, though I wish there was more of that rather than the endless power play between Dolly and Linda, especially because Linda acts like such a brat. Still glad to have read this though, for Dolly’s clever schemes and the unpredictable turns in the story.
This was a slow burn and didn’t really have a traditional crisis point towards the end, but I really liked how the widows were characterised - they weren’t made out to be sudden badasses who could pull off a robbery with hardly any preparation. There’s so much strategy shared and even a few comedic moments as they practice, though I wish there was more of that rather than the endless power play between Dolly and Linda, especially because Linda acts like such a brat. Still glad to have read this though, for Dolly’s clever schemes and the unpredictable turns in the story.