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Risteyskohdat by Anna Lönnroth, Elly Griffiths

11 reviews

cosyreads's review against another edition

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informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
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sandysmith's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A solid series opener in the Dr Ruth Galloway series. I'm going to read more, I'm sure. She is a forensic archaeologist and is called in by DI Harry Nelson when bones are found amongst the salt marshes of Norfolk. The TV Series bones is probably based on these books to give a rough idea of the context. The bones that are found are from the iron age, which is sad for Harry as he wants closure on a case of a missing child Lucy from 10 years before. Another child goes missing. Letters are received by Harry through his investigation. Ruth becomes involved in the analysis of the letters, and another body is found. What I really disliked about the book was the fat phobia, and she isn't really fat. It was annoying at best, plus the killing of the cat was unnecessary. What I loved about the book were the descriptions of the salt marshes with them becoming a character in the book in it's own right. Overall, it was a really good crime based book, well written, good plot line, engaging with great characters (including the marshes), atmospheric, and a great read. I'm looking forward to the next adventures of Ruth and Harry
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doritobabe's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

3.75

Recommended to me by a coworker. Interesting enough that it kept me reading. Really hated the fatphobia. 
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swamp_rat's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-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? No

2.5

Disclaimer/TLDR: the way I give star ratings means that three stars is your average well put together story, in my rating system this book is not bad and i would in fact recommend and loan this book to someone seeking a decent mystery novel.
Actual review: The atmosphere the author achieves in this book is really well done, some parts read as above average in their striking imagery or emotion or beauty, but i feel the rest of the story lacks the refinement of some of the prose. i had a good time while reading and the mystery was intriguing but looking back after the bad guy is revealed left me disappointed (more on this later).
The main character’s constant whining about being overweight (she really isn’t) and being a spinster while only being in her late thirties, was so uncomfortable and irrelevant to the story.
The people writing the letters being separate from the person actually doing the kidnapping and murder was what really brought the mystery down for me. The killer (the real mystery in the murder mystery book) falls entirely flat after the personal betrayal of the letter writers. (It’s also unclear to me why of the many cases Nelson likely was involved in, they would get involved in the child abduction case? For Erik’s characterization it makes sense but around the time they started, Shona had maternal desire, and Cathbad had a daughter of his own (i also wish that Cathbad and his relation to Scarlet was explored as anything other than a twist.). ) While I did feel David was endearing, i feel like that worked against the emotion of the ending. His sudden shift from slightly grumpy but nice neighbor, to cartoon villain, detached from humanity feels odd, as if the author just wanted to get one more twist in. (Also David killing Sparky because he doesn’t like cats and yet explicitly taking good care of Flint, is one example of this shift.)

I have much more to say so I will continue this review later.
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asha1725's review against another edition

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

5.0

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leneliest's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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zelephante's review against another edition

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

3.75

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claireteichman's review against another edition

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

3.0

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emlo's review against another edition

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

4.0

I found this book drew me in, especially the descriptions of the saltmarsh. The weather was a character in it's own right. I liked the fact that the characters are all complicated people and not just one note. I look forward to getting to know the main characters better in the rest of the series. There was quite a lot of time spent going on about how fat Ruth was - at a whooping 12.5 st (rolls eyes), please, enough with the body shaming. 
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gemin1reader's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I really enjoyed the mystery, found myself racing to the end to discover who had done it and would read more of the series, but I was frustrated by a few things - namely the fatphobia and focus on the main characters weight which felt a bit Bridget Jones and completely unnecessary? 

Nearly all the male characters in this book were completely unbearable too, although that did eventually make sense in the context of the story. 
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