Bookworm1408 

As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka – review

Bookworm1408: 'I think it's really cool to read a book that's been translated from a different language'
  
  


I really loved this book! I think it's really cool to read a book that's been translated from a different language. I was intrigued by the plot, as it was strangely different from what I thought it would be like. I can't wait until the next one comes out!
It's about a girl called Lumikki (it means Snow White in Finnish) who has made a promise to herself that she'll mind nobody's business but her own. But it gets harder and harder to keep as she accidentally stumbles upon £500 in cash; it get's worse when she discovers who owns it. But when she ends up at a party with the suspicious Polar Bear, things get out of hand. I thought this book was really well-written and everything was really cool (you'll get that if you read it). I liked the theme of fairy tales (don't worry ,it wasn't soppy or cheesy at all). I would recommend this to 12+ as there are some quite unsettling bits. It was really good and I would give it 5 stars.

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• This article was amended on 22 September 2014. Our 13-year-old reviewer was correct in all respects, except that Lumikki means Snow White in Finnish, not Swedish.

 

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