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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Book 1 of the Ruth Galloway series. I wasn’t necessarily the biggest fan of Ruth. As a main character, she was just okay. Her actions were disappointing. But, the actual mystery and the setting were very good.
Ruth is a professor of archaeology. She lives on the salt marshes in a small cottage with her two cats. She is asked to work with the police when a young girl goes missing, and human bones are found out in the marsh.
It wasn’t hard to figure out the culprit, but there was enough chaos going on in the plot to make it a good, fast, interesting read.
3.5 stars rounded up here.
Ruth is a professor of archaeology. She lives on the salt marshes in a small cottage with her two cats. She is asked to work with the police when a young girl goes missing, and human bones are found out in the marsh.
It wasn’t hard to figure out the culprit, but there was enough chaos going on in the plot to make it a good, fast, interesting read.
3.5 stars rounded up here.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I liked all the Iron Age stuff; didn’t love how everything came back to the same handful of people, but that’s a genre staple.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Infidelity
Moderate: Abortion
I added this to my TBR a while back looking for dark academia books and I'm glad I did! It was rather obvious who the culprit was early in the book, but I still enjoyed the moody and atmospheric setting. I'm not in a rush to read the next book in the series, but I'll probably dip into it again when I'm in the mood for a darker mystery
dark
lighthearted
relaxing
No stars for this one as I stopped at page 19. It could have been good, very atmospheric and chilling, but unfortunately nearly every page mentions how fat the
protagonist is. I stopped at the point where she “boils the water for some nice, fattening pasta”. No thanks.
protagonist is. I stopped at the point where she “boils the water for some nice, fattening pasta”. No thanks.