Reviews tagging 'Death'

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

54 reviews

danajoy's review against another edition

dark lighthearted

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

christine_s's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Good, and another one setting book. I did not like the main character, but the stories were really easy to read. Great writing, interesting characters, and I kept wondering how many murders can this women get away with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

bubbeleh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

vireogirl's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Small book (about twice the size of my phone) with 5 short stories. Clever and the translator did a good job. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Grief

Minor: Death, Sexism, and Death of parent

daringreader13's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

2.5 out of 5 stars

This collection of short stories all follow the same template for set up- old lady complains about something awful in her life, she makes a connection with some body who is less than perfect, she gets annoyed, she kills them, and then gets away with it. The only one I really enjoyed was the one not written in her POV. Honestly, I don’t know if I want to read the other in the collection just to prove this hypothesis or to mark a series as finished. Either way it’s not because it’s good 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

polarheights's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

catnapping's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

zoeoz's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

that’s one bad granny

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood

ninahuynh's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-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

5.0

I am liking the genre of elderly lady killers 😆 I like how some of these kills were that they annoyed her, but also that the victim deserved it-

aka the lawyer 👏

I did not understand why

she decided to kill the antique dealer. Is it cause she knew he was gonna swindle her of her antiques?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, and Murder