alisonme66 's review for:

Northern Lights by Nora Roberts

3.5

hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I find Nora Roberts a bit hit and miss, but I quite enjoyed this one.  It's a slow moving whodunnit, with a lot of focus on the main character recovering from past trauma, and building a new life.  It's not edge of your seat suspense, and I guessed who did it correctly fairly early on, but I still found the descriptive story telling enjoyable.  The author paints a very vivid picture of the small Alaskan towns people, environment, and the emotional fall out from the discovery of a body. The murder mystery is almost like an extra weaving through the narrative.  It's not a four star for me because I doubt I'll reread it,  but pretty good nonetheless.