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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This brought me back to Iceland, it was great. I really liked how the story developed and wasn't expecting this ending
dark
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The book's premise was excellent but in reality, the book felt just a compilation of unnecessarily detailed personal histories and the characters didnt seem to interact at all. Everything was told to the reader straight away and nothing was left to be found out, as we just got like 4 pages of everyones personal histories delivered to us instead of the main character finding out anything new. the plot was predictable and a bit of a dissapointment, because i had high hopes for this book.
Rock solid book with great characters and mood and a very cool setting. BUT, at page 250 there was a sudden useful-for-the-author denial of information that our protagonist learned. That was maddening. A chapter ended right on that deceit and turn but again and again it was referred to without cluing us in. For me that broke the entire enterprise apart. I couldn't believe it. The remainder of the book was great but...
Book just wasn't for me. Maybe because I listened to the audiobook. The characters jump around too much. While the darkness and winter is depicted well, it's just so slow. I'll try his other book series next.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Darkness and snow… Darkness and snow…
I cannot pinpoint the reason for my 5 star rating for this book. Was it the atmosphere? Was it the imagery described so beautifully? Was it the writing style? The characters? The mystery?
Was it all the above?
All I know is that when I picked up the book it was mid-morning and by night time I had read more than half of it.
“Nothing ever happens here.”
That is what Ari Thór is told upon arriving to Siglufjörður, a small, peaceful village in Northern Iceland to begin his new job as a policeman.
Nothing ever happens in remote villages buried in snow.
Or so we think…
Because secrets have the habit of coming to the surface in small towns.
I cannot pinpoint the reason for my 5 star rating for this book. Was it the atmosphere? Was it the imagery described so beautifully? Was it the writing style? The characters? The mystery?
Was it all the above?
All I know is that when I picked up the book it was mid-morning and by night time I had read more than half of it.
“Nothing ever happens here.”
That is what Ari Thór is told upon arriving to Siglufjörður, a small, peaceful village in Northern Iceland to begin his new job as a policeman.
Nothing ever happens in remote villages buried in snow.
Or so we think…
Because secrets have the habit of coming to the surface in small towns.