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hyphae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Blood, Alcoholism, and Cancer
Minor: Terminal illness
haileymundell's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, and Vomit
singalana's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.25
Kasvosokeus tuntui alihyödynnetyltä, eikä sitä juuri selitetty mitenkään. Päähenkilö Eleanor oli aluksi äärimmäisen pelokas ja neuroottinen, kunnes yhtäkkiä muuttui rohkeaksi ja tarmokkaaksi. Muidenkaan hahmojen persoonat eivät olleet johdonmukaisia, ja hahmot olivat muutenkin pinnallisia. Osa kirjasta on kirjoitettu päiväkirjan muotoon. Tekstissä ei ole juuri käytetty nimiä, vaikka ne eivät varmasti tule yllätyksenä kenellekään. Sen sijaan puhutaan sekavasti Hänestä ja Hänestä. Teksti tuntuu viimeistelemättömältä: lauseet ovat lyhyitä ja töksähteleviä, ja ainakin yhdessä kohdassa oli käytetty väärää nimeä. Se, mitä menneisyydessä tapahtui oli erittäin helppo arvata. Miksi Anuškan persoonallisuus muuttui niin radikaalisti? Mielestäni siinä ei ollut mitään järkeä. Kaikesta päätellen Eleonorin isoäiti oli aika kammottava, ja siksi Eleonorin käytös kirjan lopussa tuntuu omituiselle. Eleanorista läytetään välillä Victoria-nimeä. Turhaa ja sekavaa. Ainakin minusta tuntui tosi oudolta, että 1,5 h matkan päässä Tukholmasta on sellainen paikka, missä voi tulla niin paha lumimyrsky että ulos ei voi mennä, kännykät eivät kuulu ja lähin naapuri on niin kaukana että sinne ei voi kävellä.
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Blood, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content
rinku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Vomit, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence
Minor: Car accident
readingwithtrey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Now here’s where it lost a star for me. While the ending is a good, solid one, I didn’t have that lingering spooky feeling that I look for with a good thriller.
Overall, this was a good one and I definitely recommend it for spooky season 👻. Also, if you enjoyed Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney, definitely check this one out!
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gun violence, and Child abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Pregnancy, Car accident, and Chronic illness
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Blood
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual content
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Gun violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, and Infertility
Minor: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, and Cancer
onemorepagecrew's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, and Suicide
soobooksalot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Minotaur Books for my gifted copy for review!
Eleanor's grandmother Vivianne was murdered, and Eleanor saw who did it. However, she has a condition called prosopagnosia, which means she cannot process the visual information of faces, thus people are unrecognizable to her.
Months later, she's been called to the Swedish countryside to a property known as Solhöga to evaluate for the will.
There, Eleanor remains haunted by the knowledge that Vivianne's killer is out there, and knows what she saw.
Solhöga acts as a character of sorts, pulling us in to it's atmosphere and secrets. I truly enjoy books with such a setting to establish unease - I could have used even more detail about the house itself.
Two timelines give us the suspense of Eleanor's present, with the story of Anushka from the mid-60s.
The Resting Place is a slow burn that works it's magic for some truly great reveals. Trust nothing here!
Author Camilla Sten's second book has hooked me as a fan - recommended!
For release on March 29.
Moderate: Infertility, Murder, Suicide, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
Minor: Abortion
thrillofthepage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Our MC, Eleanor, suffers from prosopagnosia, which is better known as face blindness. This condition added an ominous feel to an already disturbing experience for Eleanor because she’s unable to identify who killed her grandmother. This causes severe anxiety for our protagonist, which leads us to doubt what she claims to see at Solhöga.
I loved the dual timelines and multi-POVs in this book. It was interesting to see the past revealed alongside the present period. I honestly didn’t guess the culprit and that made this a winning read!
As I said in my stories last week, this book is similar to Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney. The MCs each had face blindness and were in wintry, remote locations. However, The Resting Place had a more propulsive plot that had me rapidly turning pages.
Thanks to Minotaur for my advanced copy. All opinions are my own.
Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Violence