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momwithareadingproblem 's review for:
As Red as Blood
by Salla Simukka
I received an eARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of this review.
As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka was not at all what I expected. Personally I was expecting a loose retelling of Snow White. Instead what I got was a subpar crime novel about a supposedly ordinary girl who just happens to know a lot about stealth.
Lumikki Andersson is 17, away at boarding school, finishing up her senior year in what she hopes to be a quiet affair. She keeps to herself, is untrusting and when she finds a pile of Euros covered in blood in the photo lab at school she tells no one. Why would she? (Seriously that is how this girl thinks!!!!) I'm not sure I liked her at all. There were a lot of holes concerning her character. For example, how does a teenage girl know all this spy stuff when she admits that she has no special training?! I mean seriously what girl at 17 knows that if she styles her hair differently or stands a certain way than she will be less recognizable?!
Then there's the other characters. They are major part of the story, in fact they are the reason there is money covered in blood in the school lab. All I can really tell you about them is that the two boys come from different walks of life (one is rich, the other not) and both like to party. The girl is also rich and likes to party. Besides that nothing! These characters fell flat, so flat that I can't remember their names or really even be bothered to look them up.
The plot was just okay. There's the mystery of the money covered in blood. Where did it come from? Why did it fall into the other students' hands? Why is it covered in blood? Honestly there wasn't a lot of excitement or intrigue in my opinion.
And honestly I wonder if (and this is a big if) something was lost in translation. This book/series was not originally written in English and if like me you check out Goodreads the reviews written from the original version are all 4 or 5 stars while the English are mostly 3 or less. Why? Well there's a lot of unnecessary adjectives and the dialogue is a bit repetitive.
Overall I nearly DNFed this book several times, but stuck it out. The ending (and by ending I do mean the last 2 chapters of the book) picked up. It was like the plot was stalled throughout the entire book and the the end BAM! it all came together in a nice neat little package. Personally I wouldn't recommend this book, however if you like crime novels and annoying MC maybe you'll enjoy it. If you pick up the book, come back and let me know how you liked it!
As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka was not at all what I expected. Personally I was expecting a loose retelling of Snow White. Instead what I got was a subpar crime novel about a supposedly ordinary girl who just happens to know a lot about stealth.
Lumikki Andersson is 17, away at boarding school, finishing up her senior year in what she hopes to be a quiet affair. She keeps to herself, is untrusting and when she finds a pile of Euros covered in blood in the photo lab at school she tells no one. Why would she? (Seriously that is how this girl thinks!!!!) I'm not sure I liked her at all. There were a lot of holes concerning her character. For example, how does a teenage girl know all this spy stuff when she admits that she has no special training?! I mean seriously what girl at 17 knows that if she styles her hair differently or stands a certain way than she will be less recognizable?!
Then there's the other characters. They are major part of the story, in fact they are the reason there is money covered in blood in the school lab. All I can really tell you about them is that the two boys come from different walks of life (one is rich, the other not) and both like to party. The girl is also rich and likes to party. Besides that nothing! These characters fell flat, so flat that I can't remember their names or really even be bothered to look them up.
The plot was just okay. There's the mystery of the money covered in blood. Where did it come from? Why did it fall into the other students' hands? Why is it covered in blood? Honestly there wasn't a lot of excitement or intrigue in my opinion.
And honestly I wonder if (and this is a big if) something was lost in translation. This book/series was not originally written in English and if like me you check out Goodreads the reviews written from the original version are all 4 or 5 stars while the English are mostly 3 or less. Why? Well there's a lot of unnecessary adjectives and the dialogue is a bit repetitive.
Overall I nearly DNFed this book several times, but stuck it out. The ending (and by ending I do mean the last 2 chapters of the book) picked up. It was like the plot was stalled throughout the entire book and the the end BAM! it all came together in a nice neat little package. Personally I wouldn't recommend this book, however if you like crime novels and annoying MC maybe you'll enjoy it. If you pick up the book, come back and let me know how you liked it!