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kukushka 's review for:
Last Rituals
by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
CN: There's quite a bit of fatphobia in this book. It is expressed by the main character, and is treated as truth by the narrative. There is also an instance of the R-word, although this is at least treated as something the character should not have said.
The story is fine. I did like the personal life subplot involving Thora's son, and liked her a lot better when dealing with it than at any other part of the story. The mystery itself had complications that made it interesting.
The witch stuff was so-so. What I didn't already know about was interesting, but given how inaccurate the book is about the things I did already know about, I can't really trust any of it. Mostly, it seems to have only been included for the salaciousness. Which is true of the victim, too, who seems to have been into some non-vanilla sex stuff (but now, as the narrative assures us, homosexuality!).
It's all very middle-of-the-road, as far as as detective stories go. The only real selling point is the Icelandic setting.
The story is fine. I did like the personal life subplot involving Thora's son, and liked her a lot better when dealing with it than at any other part of the story. The mystery itself had complications that made it interesting.
The witch stuff was so-so. What I didn't already know about was interesting, but given how inaccurate the book is about the things I did already know about, I can't really trust any of it. Mostly, it seems to have only been included for the salaciousness. Which is true of the victim, too, who seems to have been into some non-vanilla sex stuff (but now, as the narrative assures us, homosexuality!).
It's all very middle-of-the-road, as far as as detective stories go. The only real selling point is the Icelandic setting.