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hvh's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
pachypedia's review
5.0
Es una novela policíaca, pero por como va entremezclando hilos, historias de personajes, del presente y del pasado, casi te olvidas de que lo es. Me ha gustado todo: los personajes, la historia principal y las secundarias, el ritmo, la forma de entremeclar las historias... Altamente recomendable.
sandin954's review against another edition
5.0
While not quite as good as the first Jar City, I still really enjoyed this look at an investigation into a set of old bones dating back to World War Two in Iceland.
ebokhyllami's review against another edition
4.0
Å du verden denne ble bra! Fy meg som klaget på slow progresjon! Selv om jeg mistenkte hvem de først fant i graven en stund før mål, så ble historien annerledes. Gode karakterer, stillferdig krim uten å bli kjedelig (til tross for at det gikk noe sakte i starten), men med en hjertevarm slutt. Sjelden jeg heier fram mordere, men jammen meg... Jepp, så absolutt over gjennomsnittet god!
hisuin's review against another edition
2.0
If you haven't read anything written by Indridason, you'd better not start with "Silence of the Grave". I found it so boring that I couldn't finish it.
revvyrouser's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ardaigle's review against another edition
5.0
I am continuing on my Icelandic murder reading spree, thanks to the great suggestion of some other Cannonballers, via the Cannonball Read Chat Facebook group. Thanks, peeps! This is book two of the "Erlendur series" that has been translated from Icelandic into English. I guess books one and two didn't merit translation? For some reason, the English series started with book three. The completist in me is desperately trying to ignore that. Let's move on.
Inspector Erlendur is back, as he and his fellow detectives investigate a skeleton found at a housing development site. This mystery takes them down a long and winding journey to the past. The novel splits off after a few chapters, jumping back and forth in time. The detectives move forward with their investigation, where in the past we follow a woman, battered mentally and physically by her monster of a spouse, and try to figure out who exactly was left in an unmarked grave.
I tend to have a firm grasp a few chapters into a book whether I will like it or not, but this one through me for a loop. At first, I thought the ending seemed very obvious, so I was impatient to get to the end, and annoyed by the time jumps. However, as the portions set in the present unfolded, it became clear that the mystery wasn't as open and shut as I thought, which made it more compelling. This brought a 3 star read to a 5 star read. Not to mention there was one moment in there, so surprising and humorous to me that I gasped out loud, another thing that I don't often do while reading.
The only downside to these books is that I am constantly taken out of the book by struggling and stumbling over the Icelandic names. Other than that (which is clearly on me) I love these books! Great series so far. Book two flushed out even more details of Erlendur and the other two detectives, balancing solving the murder with the lives of the detectives, and I can't wait to see what the next installment will bring.
Inspector Erlendur is back, as he and his fellow detectives investigate a skeleton found at a housing development site. This mystery takes them down a long and winding journey to the past. The novel splits off after a few chapters, jumping back and forth in time. The detectives move forward with their investigation, where in the past we follow a woman, battered mentally and physically by her monster of a spouse, and try to figure out who exactly was left in an unmarked grave.
I tend to have a firm grasp a few chapters into a book whether I will like it or not, but this one through me for a loop. At first, I thought the ending seemed very obvious, so I was impatient to get to the end, and annoyed by the time jumps. However, as the portions set in the present unfolded, it became clear that the mystery wasn't as open and shut as I thought, which made it more compelling. This brought a 3 star read to a 5 star read. Not to mention there was one moment in there, so surprising and humorous to me that I gasped out loud, another thing that I don't often do while reading.
The only downside to these books is that I am constantly taken out of the book by struggling and stumbling over the Icelandic names. Other than that (which is clearly on me) I love these books! Great series so far. Book two flushed out even more details of Erlendur and the other two detectives, balancing solving the murder with the lives of the detectives, and I can't wait to see what the next installment will bring.