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thepagelady's review
4.0
Val Chesterfield has spent her life building a successful career as a linguist learning dead languages. But she lives a very quiet and sheltered life. She has spent her life living in her twin brother Andy's shadow. But when she finds out that Andy is gone from suicide she doesn't believe he would have killed himself.
While still grieving for the lost of her brother Val receives a phone call from her brothers mentor Wyatt. He has made an amazing discovery and needs her expertise as a linguist. You see Wyatt has found a young girl frozen in the ice and by some miracle she is alive!
I really liked the relationship between Val and the little girl! Here Val thinks she is teaching the girl to speak but really the girl was teaching Val that it's ok to feel and express what you feel. The setting is a remote island off Greenland’s coast and just adds the creepy feel. The desolation, the freezing temperatures and the sound of the howling wind. The stories pace does seem drawn out in some places but not unnecessarily! A lot of the elements that make up the story are very different but I enjoyed the differences! Overall a very enjoyable read! Definitely one you'll want to curl up with a blanket and snuggle down for a nice freezing read!
While still grieving for the lost of her brother Val receives a phone call from her brothers mentor Wyatt. He has made an amazing discovery and needs her expertise as a linguist. You see Wyatt has found a young girl frozen in the ice and by some miracle she is alive!
I really liked the relationship between Val and the little girl! Here Val thinks she is teaching the girl to speak but really the girl was teaching Val that it's ok to feel and express what you feel. The setting is a remote island off Greenland’s coast and just adds the creepy feel. The desolation, the freezing temperatures and the sound of the howling wind. The stories pace does seem drawn out in some places but not unnecessarily! A lot of the elements that make up the story are very different but I enjoyed the differences! Overall a very enjoyable read! Definitely one you'll want to curl up with a blanket and snuggle down for a nice freezing read!
graciecat_mom's review
5.0
Powerful. Felt "cold" just reading it. Don't understand the lower ratings.
nebaker42's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
gabmc's review
3.0
This was a very interesting concept for a book .... Val studies languages, from ancient to modern and everything in between. Her twin brother Andy was a client scientist, following in the footsteps of their favourite father. Andy is studying at a remote climate station in Greenland when Val and their father receive a message that he has died. Val struggles with anxiety and the idea of actually going to Greenland to find out what happened terrifies her. However, a few months later, Wyatt, who was Andy's boss, contacts Val to ask for help. They have discovered a girl frozen in the ice - who has somehow thawed out alive - but they have no idea what language she is speaking. They need Val's expertise to uncover the language and try to find out what she had done to freeze and then thaw alive. Val reluctantly agrees to go and as soon as she gets there, she falls for the girl - but she tries all kinds of nordic languages and can't figure out what the girl is speaking. Meanwhile she is very suspicious about Wyatt and his colleague Jean who have different stories about the night Andy died. The remote setting definitely helped build the tension in the story.
jajoju's review
3.0
Ok, it was just an ok book. It was slow starting. Put it down for a couple weeks before picking up again. Forced my way through a few chapters and then it picked up. It was a bit heavy handed on the whole global warming, humans are terrible creatures out to destroy the earth diatribe. The idea of the story was pretty interesting, and I was really enjoying the imagery my mind created when the author described the Arctic landscape. She did that well. I also enjoyed the bond between the main character and the little girl connected by a long-ago Arctic tribe, and the traditions and customs of her long lost family.
emerygirl's review
3.0
The book on my To Read list was called Girl in the Ice. When I checked it out from the library I forgot the “the” and got this book “Girl in Ice”. I read it and wondered how it ended up on my to read list, not a book that I nor my friends would usually read. It wasn’t until I started to write this review I realized my mistake. It is not the Girl in THE ice, which is part of a series, but rather the book Girl in Ice which is a stand alone book about a girl being found in ice in the arctic. It was good, kind of a scientific mystery type book. I’m glad I read it, but now am going to go check out Girl in THE ice to see how that one compares.
irisilagan's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
shirleytupperfreeman's review
Extrapolating on some of the current unusual climate situations, Ferencik tells the story of some researchers stationed in the Arctic who have secretly uncovered, and thawed out, a young girl from another century. Val, an expert linguist and brother of a man who died (suicide? murder?) while part of the research team, is asked to come and try to decipher the language the girl is speaking. Val has to confront her extreme anxiety issues while trying to communicate with the girl, discover what's really going on at the station and search for clues about her brother. The adventure gets more and more unlikely as time goes on and the ending is a bit convoluted but it was an entertaining read.
greatestheights's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Child death, and Misogyny