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geeyouknit's review against another edition
3.0
I couldn't help but keep reading Cover of Snow because I found the plot so interesting. However, it was obvious that this was a debut novel; the attempt at descriptive writing wound up being a little strange and hard to become immersed in.
dharma130's review against another edition
4.0
Spoiler alert! This was really entertaining and quite the page turner, but I couldn’t figure out at the end of the book whether her husband actually hung himself or somebody else murdered him and whether her baby is her dead husband’s or the reporter’s, Ned.
sandygx260's review against another edition
2.0
Clunky, cliche-ridden writing, weird logic which strains any belief, and unappealing characters buried this book... in the snow the author SO loves describing to the point of the reader wanting to use a flame-thrower to create a meltdown.
Here's my main complaint with the writing; why is the novel written in first POV? Why? The beauty about writing first POV is the internalization of sensation, the luxury of description. For some reason, Milchman decides to ignore this option. For example, the MC Nora is hungry… she orders a sandwich, and devours it with gusto. What kind of sandwich is it? Nora really craves soup and slurps it down. What kind of soup? Nora drinks wine. What kind? There’s no personal detail, no sensation, just lazy writing stumbling along to another chance to describe snow or serious ice. Oh yeah, when Nora encounters snow or ice, descriptions abound.
No, I don’t buy the “she’s so numb she only feels alive when she’s cold” nonsense. Dat don’t fly here, kids. This is just plain bad writing.
The other characters are cutouts. I still don’t understand the Dugger character. There is one confused character.
Later in the book there’s a British character who ends every sentence with “luv.” Realllly? Seriously? Keep in mind this is not a comedy… in face, there’s not a breath of lightness due to…. drumroll, please… all that damned snow!
I usually don’t see the big twists coming, but this book signaled them, much like a bad ice skater who signals their big jump. “Lookee what I’m gonna do!”
The best part of this book was the rambling author's note at the end. I think she might have thanked her mailman. When Milchman freely admitted she doesn't do much research for her books, I nodded my head in agreement.
Her lack of research piles as high as, yes, the snowdrifts Milchman adores describing to distraction.
Nothing to see here, folks, put on the chains and plow past the snow to another more worthy book.
Here's my main complaint with the writing; why is the novel written in first POV? Why? The beauty about writing first POV is the internalization of sensation, the luxury of description. For some reason, Milchman decides to ignore this option. For example, the MC Nora is hungry… she orders a sandwich, and devours it with gusto. What kind of sandwich is it? Nora really craves soup and slurps it down. What kind of soup? Nora drinks wine. What kind? There’s no personal detail, no sensation, just lazy writing stumbling along to another chance to describe snow or serious ice. Oh yeah, when Nora encounters snow or ice, descriptions abound.
No, I don’t buy the “she’s so numb she only feels alive when she’s cold” nonsense. Dat don’t fly here, kids. This is just plain bad writing.
The other characters are cutouts. I still don’t understand the Dugger character. There is one confused character.
Later in the book there’s a British character who ends every sentence with “luv.” Realllly? Seriously? Keep in mind this is not a comedy… in face, there’s not a breath of lightness due to…. drumroll, please… all that damned snow!
I usually don’t see the big twists coming, but this book signaled them, much like a bad ice skater who signals their big jump. “Lookee what I’m gonna do!”
The best part of this book was the rambling author's note at the end. I think she might have thanked her mailman. When Milchman freely admitted she doesn't do much research for her books, I nodded my head in agreement.
Her lack of research piles as high as, yes, the snowdrifts Milchman adores describing to distraction.
Nothing to see here, folks, put on the chains and plow past the snow to another more worthy book.
dmurdock1997's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
russellfamily07's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
lindseyslittlelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
A great mystery that had me guessing the whole time.
jmj697mn's review against another edition
2.0
This book was odd. The first half moved so slowly that it felt like we were under water. The last 50 pages or so were great, but not enough to make up for such a slow start. A pet peeve of mine is books with characters whose names are ridiculous. I can deal with one, once and a while but this book had a girl named Teggie, a man named Club and a dog named Weekend. Plus, everything took place in Wedeskyull, which I couldn't make sound right in my head for the life of me. The prose was off and I felt it was much too flowery and descriptive where it didn't need to be. It's too bad because this was a good premise and I liked the setting of a small town in upstate New York.
beastreader's review against another edition
3.0
Nora Hamilton awakes to an empty bed. Nora gets an eerie feeling. She walks through the house to find her husband has hung himself. Nora can not believe that her husband has killed himself. He was a police officer. Nora won’t back down until she finds answers. The farther Nora goes down the path the more questions she gets. The town have answers but they are willing to kill to keep the questions unanswered.
I thought that this was a really good first novel from new author Jenny Milchman. A good steady pace with the storyline. Nora was a strong character for me. The way that she would not back down even when it seemed like the whole town was against her. The other person I found interesting was Duggar. Besides these two characters I was not that interested in any of the others. They did not jump off the pages.
The author did good capturing the background for the story as well. It was like I could feel the snow and the cold. As much as I did like this book after a while I did feel like it was going on too long. There were some twists and turns but no real surprises. Overall still a good read worth checking out.
I thought that this was a really good first novel from new author Jenny Milchman. A good steady pace with the storyline. Nora was a strong character for me. The way that she would not back down even when it seemed like the whole town was against her. The other person I found interesting was Duggar. Besides these two characters I was not that interested in any of the others. They did not jump off the pages.
The author did good capturing the background for the story as well. It was like I could feel the snow and the cold. As much as I did like this book after a while I did feel like it was going on too long. There were some twists and turns but no real surprises. Overall still a good read worth checking out.