Reviews

When Nights Were Cold by Susanna Jones

threegoodrats's review

4.0

This may even be a 4.5. What a shame that it's not available in the US. Having it shipped from the UK was definitely worth it! My review is here.

ambience's review

dark mysterious sad tense

4.0

kingfan30's review

3.0

A gripping psychological thriller the guardian claims in bold on the front cover - not sure I agree!

There were parts of the story I liked. The way that Grace was wrong enough to try to follow her dreams, starting with university in a world where girls were expected to grow up, learn how to look after the house and get married. Setting up a club and going out with other strong minded young ladies to climb mountains. The way Grace was portrayed Had me guessing if she was in fact losing her mind or if in fact she was the sane one (maybe where the psychological part came from).

I found the book pretty slow going though and didn’t really like any of the characters at all. The ending was just odd, it didn’t answer any of the questions and just left me confused.

raven88's review

2.0

Susanna Jones has always ranked highly with me being that 'The Earthquake Bird' is one of my all time favourite reads but I couldn't help feeling a wee bit deflated by what promised to be an excellent novel. The central premise of the story of four women forging themselves into a characteristically male pursuit of mountaineering did initially peak my interest but I found them all rather dislikeable and had very little empathy with any of the deceased or our storyteller Grace. The mysterious mystery of what had happened in the snowy wastes was instead not all that mysterious at all or gripping with rather intermittent passages of great description to vaguely hold my interest. Disappointing...

lynn_pugh's review

adventurous mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0