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anna3101's review against another edition
4.0
What can I say? This book was even better than the first. It's delicious. It makes you want to eat it until the very last bite, and long for more :) I've had a hard week and really needed some sleep yesterday - but couldn't close my eyes until I read the last page.
Ireland. Mystery. A lot of mystery. Mysterious characters. Mysterious details.Bloody murders. Ancient history. Bog bodies. Romance. Suspense. On top of that, beautiful writing. What else can a person want from a good quality entertaining story?
Some books are destined to be made into films. This one is simply perfect to be made into a computer game. I can already see it: Lake Of Sorrows Quest - discover the murderer before it is too late! Beautiful graphics. You play both for Cormac and Nora, collect evidence, do research, interview people. If such game ever appears, count me in, I want to buy it!
Ireland. Mystery. A lot of mystery. Mysterious characters. Mysterious details.Bloody murders. Ancient history. Bog bodies. Romance. Suspense. On top of that, beautiful writing. What else can a person want from a good quality entertaining story?
Some books are destined to be made into films. This one is simply perfect to be made into a computer game. I can already see it: Lake Of Sorrows Quest - discover the murderer before it is too late! Beautiful graphics. You play both for Cormac and Nora, collect evidence, do research, interview people. If such game ever appears, count me in, I want to buy it!
januaryf's review against another edition
This was a good mystery. Great setting, and a story that didn’t give away too much of the ‘who dunnit’ end. Hart seems to want you to think one person is the culprit, and then springs someone else on you out of the blue. Kinda makes it hard to guess who was the murderer, but that is also part of the fun of a mystery novel.
dvallee's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I like to read about Ireland, since I am of Irish roots. Learning something about the bogs is very interesting as I knew nothing about them.
I have read books with great characters, and though some of characters here are not super in depth I still found myself having feelings toward them. I like Nora, tho she can be frustrating. I guess I like Cormac, he might need a little more depth. I did not like Ursula or Rachel but I found myself concerned for Charlie. So, I think if one has some feeling towards the characters then they are written fairly well.
I have read books with great characters, and though some of characters here are not super in depth I still found myself having feelings toward them. I like Nora, tho she can be frustrating. I guess I like Cormac, he might need a little more depth. I did not like Ursula or Rachel but I found myself concerned for Charlie. So, I think if one has some feeling towards the characters then they are written fairly well.
oftortall's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
bev_reads_mysteries's review against another edition
3.0
Lake of Sorrows is the second book in Erin Hart's mystery series featuring American forensic pathologist Nora Gavin and archaeologist Cormac Maguire. This time Nora, who is in Ireland doing research, is called to the scene of an excavation where a very well-preserved body from the Iron Age has been discovered in the peat bog. It appears to have been a human sacrifice--slain three ways: strangled, throat cut, and drowned. The area is close to the site of an extraordinary find of Iron Age artifacts found in the past. Perhaps the sacrifice was connected to the hoard. It isn't often that such a complete body is found and Nora can't afford to pass up the opportunity to examine the remains.
She barely has a chance to look over the Iron Age find when a second body is found. But this one is wearing a wrist watch and seems to have been buried about 25 years ago. However, when the man is removed from the bog, they discover that he bears the mark of the ancient triple death--just like the Iron Age remains. This makes the police wonder if there is a connection between the archaeological finds and the more recent death. But as the investigation continues more deaths occur--bearing the same signature marks. One of the victims is an old flame of Cormac's and suspicion falls on him. So, Nora and Cormac begin an investigation of their own to try and clear Cormac's name and Nora finds herself in danger when her questions bring her too close to the killer.
My take: This installment didn't hold my interest the way Haunted Ground did. The first book started out slow, but once it took off I could not put it down and even went to bed late in order to finish it. This one never did take off. I easily put it down and had to keep urging myself to pick it up again to finish it. Not the same gripping performance at all The story was okay. The developing relationship between Nora and Cormac was okay. But I didn't feel that same need to know what happens that kept me reading before. This one also felt a bit more scattered--jumping from character to character and following each one's movements for a short while before jumping to someone else. I don't remember the flow being quite so erratic before.
There are some very good moments: between Nora and Cormac and then with Cormac's friend Michael Scully; also between Detective Liam Ward and the pathologist Catherine Friel. So, some of the characterization was very good at times--just not consistent. The mystery itself was decent, maybe not quite as fairly clued as I'd like, but okay. So...for an overall okay experience...three stars.
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She barely has a chance to look over the Iron Age find when a second body is found. But this one is wearing a wrist watch and seems to have been buried about 25 years ago. However, when the man is removed from the bog, they discover that he bears the mark of the ancient triple death--just like the Iron Age remains. This makes the police wonder if there is a connection between the archaeological finds and the more recent death. But as the investigation continues more deaths occur--bearing the same signature marks. One of the victims is an old flame of Cormac's and suspicion falls on him. So, Nora and Cormac begin an investigation of their own to try and clear Cormac's name and Nora finds herself in danger when her questions bring her too close to the killer.
My take: This installment didn't hold my interest the way Haunted Ground did. The first book started out slow, but once it took off I could not put it down and even went to bed late in order to finish it. This one never did take off. I easily put it down and had to keep urging myself to pick it up again to finish it. Not the same gripping performance at all The story was okay. The developing relationship between Nora and Cormac was okay. But I didn't feel that same need to know what happens that kept me reading before. This one also felt a bit more scattered--jumping from character to character and following each one's movements for a short while before jumping to someone else. I don't remember the flow being quite so erratic before.
There are some very good moments: between Nora and Cormac and then with Cormac's friend Michael Scully; also between Detective Liam Ward and the pathologist Catherine Friel. So, some of the characterization was very good at times--just not consistent. The mystery itself was decent, maybe not quite as fairly clued as I'd like, but okay. So...for an overall okay experience...three stars.
This review was first posted on my blog My Reader's Block. Please request permission before reposting. Thanks.
lunasmaria's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 Stars
The grass did not live in order to be cut down, but in spite of cuttings. It's nature was to grow and go to seed and grow again.
This series is still my favourite, Erin writes her story through scenes and emotions. This is just another in her amazing, in depth web of mysteries. She carries on just as well with this book as she did with the first.
I love the side stories more than the main story, the added spice in Cormac and Nora's trust was so subtle and well written, again, Erin goes above and beyond.
Most people misunderstood the pathologist's motivation: it was not a preoccupation with death, but a profound curiosity about life.
The grass did not live in order to be cut down, but in spite of cuttings. It's nature was to grow and go to seed and grow again.
This series is still my favourite, Erin writes her story through scenes and emotions. This is just another in her amazing, in depth web of mysteries. She carries on just as well with this book as she did with the first.
I love the side stories more than the main story, the added spice in Cormac and Nora's trust was so subtle and well written, again, Erin goes above and beyond.
Most people misunderstood the pathologist's motivation: it was not a preoccupation with death, but a profound curiosity about life.
dvallee's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I like to read about Ireland, since I am of Irish roots. Learning something about the bogs is very interesting as I knew nothing about them.
I have read books with great characters, and though some of characters here are not super in depth I still found myself having feelings toward them. I like Nora, tho she can be frustrating. I guess I like Cormac, he might need a little more depth. I did not like Ursula or Rachel but I found myself concerned for Charlie. So, I think if one has some feeling towards the characters then they are written fairly well.
I have read books with great characters, and though some of characters here are not super in depth I still found myself having feelings toward them. I like Nora, tho she can be frustrating. I guess I like Cormac, he might need a little more depth. I did not like Ursula or Rachel but I found myself concerned for Charlie. So, I think if one has some feeling towards the characters then they are written fairly well.