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A review by hayleyscomment
Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson
3.0
This whole series was a super fast and fairly enjoyable read. Best elements: the setting and the mysteries, which felt like good old fashioned whodunits. Sometimes secondary plot lines feel a little random, but my eyes never rolled into the back of my head.
Unfortunately I didn’t fall in love past the first book because of ideas, characters, and plots that were left hanging. We honestly never find out the big mystery about Ari Thor’s family?!?? It was teased for six books and by the end I was tired of hearing about it but i at least expected a payoff. And I expected it to help me empathize with Ari Thor’s ambivalence about his partner and child.
Also, it could be related to the translation but the descriptions of people and places became very repetitive at some point. This goes for the protagonist as well, whose personality and professional style barely seem to develop over the series.
Unfortunately I didn’t fall in love past the first book because of ideas, characters, and plots that were left hanging. We honestly never find out the big mystery about Ari Thor’s family?!?? It was teased for six books and by the end I was tired of hearing about it but i at least expected a payoff. And I expected it to help me empathize with Ari Thor’s ambivalence about his partner and child.
Also, it could be related to the translation but the descriptions of people and places became very repetitive at some point. This goes for the protagonist as well, whose personality and professional style barely seem to develop over the series.