The Crow Girl | 
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Prompt: Kiss the Girls
pickFashionably late (as is usually the case) to this party… this behemoth has been on my shelves for 6 years!
The Crow Girl was actually published as 3 separate books in Sweden, which helps explain the crazy ups and downs throughout. It‘s very dark (if you have any triggers, avoid it), disturbing, and brutal, though the worst is mercifully left to our imaginations. Twisty with two excellent female MCs (written by 2 men!). Good stuff!
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pick#TheCrowGirl #EricAxlSund #BookSpinBingo
The abused body of a young boy is discovered in a Stockholm city park. DS Jeanette Kihlberg heads the investigation. With the discovery of the mutilated corpses of two more children, it becomes clear that a serial killer is at large. Kihlberg turns to therapist Sofia Zetterlund for her expertise in the psychopathology of those who kill, and the lives of the two women become quickly intertwined.
Anyone read this trilogy? Supposed to be really good, but not for the faint of heart. I got a bit of a Lars Kepler meets Nicci French feeling from the reviews.
so-soI felt this was ok. It's basic nordic noir. I think the writer could have driven his point of child abuse through to the reader a bit more elegantly. You really don't need to have detailed descriptions of child abuse on every page of every chapter of the book. Readers are smarter than that and they do get the point without all the gore. 🤦♀️
I think with nordic noir there is a fine line between enough and too much violence...
bailedAs much as I ♡ a murder mystery that is written out side my country this one was too brutal for me to stomach. Especially because of the crimes against children. I just felt to uncomfortable with this material.
I am doing such a disservice trying to pronounce these swedish towns in my head. I think I will need to check out the audio book to get the full flavor of these words...
pick#LitsyAtoZ #LetterC @BookishMarginalia
If dark, twisty thrillers are your thing, you'll love this book. This book follows three main female characters as they try to solve a gruesome crime. Just when I thought I had things in this book figured out, the author switched things up and left me intrigued and wondering what he'd do next. It's a 700+ page book, but it felt like less. Trigger warnings: child abuse, animal abuse, suicide
pickI loved this. Intriguing story, dark and odd. A lot of depth to all the characters as well. I was hooked.
I‘ve finally picked this book up but I‘m actually surprised at how many pages there is in it and the size of the text too! It‘s so small and so many pages, over 700, I never expected that at all.
But it seems quite interesting so far, of course I‘m only 35 pages in, but it has held my attention so far and that‘s a good sign for the rest of the book.
I‘ve finally picked this book up but I‘m actually surprised at how many pages there is in it and the size of the text too! It‘s so small and so many pages, over 700, I never expected that at all.
But it seems quite interesting so far, of course I‘m only 35 pages in, but it has held my attention so far and that‘s a good sign for the rest of the book.
pickAudiobook over last 2 weeks. Writer takes time to develop two fabulous female leads. It takes a twist twice, especially in the 3rd act. Found myself enjoying dog walks even more than usual. Whilst crime thrillers are not my thing usually this one might change my mind if I can get such depth. Must be a Scandanavian thing as their female characters are just better. 31 hrs on audiobook so not a quickie but so worth it
100 pages I and I'm addicted! Awful story but I can't put it down!!
pickWell, this was brutal. And extreme. But - many hours of entertainment, so I‘m not complaining. They could have found a better audiobook narrator though. In a book with Swedish place names and proper nouns in every second sentence it would be great if the narrator didn‘t consistently mispronounce every single one. It took me so long to realize Jeanette‘s husband was a Åke when Glaisters kept saying Orca.
New audiobook. I have discovered I like the crime genre after all. Only if there is a string female lead though. Tried a few and if male dominated they appear tediously misogynistic. Is this common for crime genre outside of Sweden as their writers seem to love their female characters to be real.
Loving reading a Swedish thriller as I‘m whisked around Sweden for the first time ever. Perfect scene setter (obviously) for what is so far a twisty, human and inhuman gripper of a read. #thriller#murdermystery#scandinoir
pickAt 768 pages this one took me a while but my goodness I was glad I did. Great storyline and thorough character development-one minor part towards the end that seemed to come from left field so didn't really have a purpose. The rest was fantastic and turned into more than what you'd think from the synopsis. Great plot twists and always keeps you guessing.
pickWow... this is probably the longest book I‘ve ever read. It‘s not the darkest but it isn‘t for everyone. It has some dark subject matter. I thought it was good though! I had a hard time picking it up occasionally but I think that‘s more due to a reading slump than the book. 🌟🌟🌟💫✨3.75-4/5
Finally!!! A little time to read. A break between classes... This week has been very busy! I‘ve missed you all! Happy Wednesday, Littens! 😋
Going to try to get whatever reading I can in! This week is a very busy week!
Raining and storming... calls for cuddling with Theo as he takes yet another nap today and reading! 🤗
It‘s that day again... Wednesday!!! Which means we are almost to the weekend! 🤗 Ready for a good yoga class after crushing my small group class earlier. They left here very tired. 😅
Sunday morning cuddles with my puggy! 🤗 Decided to pick this book up again... I‘ve been bouncing around books a lot the past few weeks and have neglected this one. #pugsoflitsy
pickI like a #chunkster, but at times I lost track of this complicated story with huge amounts of psychology. It is very unpleasant in places, which is to be expected with paedophilia and abuse as subjects. There were so many storylines, characters & red herrings that my head is spinning & I‘m not sure in a good way. I *think* this was extremely good, rather than just brutally nasty (as I thought at times), but I‘m still gathering my thoughts.
Some #blue picks for today! The Crow Girl and The Bluest Eye are still TBR.
#ReadingResolutions
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Check out this haul I got from one of my fabulous clients who works for Random House!!! So excited!!!! 🤪 I said I wanted all the books and I got all the books!!!
We‘ve got a snow day! We braved the hills this morning for sledging and now I‘ve taken to the sofa for the rest of the day, cosy. Hope you‘re all keeping safe and warm too UK Littens! #beastfromtheeast 💨❄️
Ready for some Scandi-crime. It‘s forecasting below zero temperatures and snow in the UK this week so I‘m matching the weather to my reading ❄️
Decided that it was time to tackle this chunker while waiting for a potential client to call. Over 700 pages... this may take a while. 🤗 from @Daisey for the #letshyggeswap I‘m looking forward to this! #mounttbrchallenge
pickRead this in bits between work stuff and I thought I knew how it would work out. Then read the rest in one go (increasingly compulsive). Very twisty in the end, I was only partially right! Hard to read descriptions of psychological and physical effects of abuse. Don‘t believe in trigger warnings, decide for yourself. A bit of light in the end. Strong women rule!
pickA very long book, but wonderfully told and with such interesting twists. Amazing ending and a great story.
My haul today at Kinokuniya bookstore New Year 20%off sale! Got there too late for the lucky bags stuffed with books for 2018 yen, but this is a nice stack if I say so myself😎
Congrats @That-Bookish-Hiker 🎉
The Crow Girl is one of my absolute favorite horror, psychological thriller books. It sits proudly next to the Halloween decoration I refuse to pack away. 👻
#thatbookishhikergiveaway
Still working my way through this monster of a book. It‘s not bad, it drags a bit...
Up next: the crow girl!!! I‘m only 40 pages in but it grabbed me right away! Has anyone else read this? What did you think?
Extremely rough day today. Now to relax eat my dinner and just not worry about nothing. #tome #baddays #muchlove #densebooks #canadianmadepoutine
My own version of mini pizzas and my book. Evening set and match! #foodporn #coldweather #warmblankets #muchlove #fridaymadness
This is a little slow. But still interesting thus far. Anyone else read this book?
I 🖤 a stack of #black books
#rocktober
pickThis was a compelling although difficult read for many reasons and I think it was well written. The investigative aspects of it acted as a sort of reprieve from the darker aspects. I 'enjoyed' it well enough. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
so-soWriting a review for this is so difficult. I want it to be a pick so badly. Well plotted and well written, with only one major flaw. It's way too long(and, as such, convoluted). I think publishing it as one book (in Sweden it is three books) was necessary, as it reads like one book. I wish that I had decided ahead of time to split it into three parts though. I would be interested in seeing where the authors go next. The ending was 👍🏻. #ripxii
I've got 200 pages left and I'm further convinced that 90% of books over 500 pages are unnecessarily too long. This is no exception. It's difficult to weave a tight and engrossing thriller in 800 pages and I think this book could have been better were it cut in half. It's my understanding that it is three books in one and that it's only the US edition that is published as one book. #slowburn #septembowie
Ignore my peeling bathtub. 🤣🙈 I had to try and get a shot of the glitter from my bath bomb. It's one of those days where I just needed some stress relief. And nothing relieves stress like a bath loaded with G L I T T E R! 🎉🎉🎉 I even lugged my ginormous book in with me. (Don't let appearances fool you. It's a door stop.) #friyay #bathandbook
