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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

22 reviews

bubbeleh's review against another edition

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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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daringreader13's review against another edition

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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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ezzi_the_critter's review against another edition

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

4.25

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lguz's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.0

An anthology about a cunning old woman who kills people that slightly inconvenience her. This was hilarious
and what’s even funnier is she got away with all the murders. You go grandma.
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amyteurhour's review against another edition

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3.0

Content warning: gore, violence, murder, toxic relationship

I'm probably missing some warnings, since it's been about a month since I read this. This was kind of cozy I guess, but I didn't really like the main character because she's not a good person.
She does bad things that she justifies in her mind as "because they deserved it" but most of the time it's just because she's selfish/doesn't want to face the consequences of her actions.
The book tries to make it just seem like she's old and quirky, but that doesn't justify most of what she does
which is murder, it's a lot of murder
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crunch1009's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A fun, and quick read. At times, it can be a bit confusing but the book is still enjoyable nonetheless.
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erebus53's review against another edition

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dark funny tense medium-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? Yes

3.25

 Well written and darkly comedic, possibly just not my vibe though.
Tells the story of... well.. title says it all really.

Thematically this is a story of revenge and spite, and leaning hard into the Ageism that paints elderly women as powerless little-old-biddies who don't have all their faculties.
I found the humour hilarious when it was implicit, but a little frustrating when I would get a joke and then it was spelled out explicitly afterwards.

Maybe this woman is like a dowager Dexter. I wouldn't want to cross her! 
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asienerbrown's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious fast-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

3.0

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lizardgod's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I would classify this book as a cozy thriller. There aren’t high stakes but there is murder. 

This book is a compilation of short stories about 89 year old Maud and her no good deeds. I am still not sure if I want her to succeed or get caught. 
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