A review by ajnel
Cabin Fever by Alex Dahl

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Alex Dahl is well-known for her slow burn psychological thrillers with detailed character development which slowly leads to a dreaded and futile climax . "Cabin Fever" is a prime example of her style.  A psychologist, Kristina, is married to the incumbent president of Norway.  She is concerned about an author patient or hers, Leah who has gone missing. As such  Kristina fears Leah was murdered by her on-and-off abusive boyfriend and Kristina eventually decides to drive to Leah's cabin. Here she finds herself snowed in, in the midst of her being confronted with a number of horrors.  Unfortunately the novel is just too slow and too predictable to justify the climatic "twists and turns".