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atypicalbeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Infidelity
Minor: Gaslighting and Grief
_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Suicide
amandas_bookshelf'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: Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
jasmine256's review
- 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
Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Infertility, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident, Abortion, and Sexual content
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
paronomaniac'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
3.75
There is also the possibility that some tension or atmosphere was lost when the book was translated to English.
Moderate: Infertility, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicide and Murder
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
tamara_joy's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gun violence
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Infertility, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
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