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sarahs_bookish_life 's review for:
Snowblind
by Ragnar Jónasson
I have to start by saying a massive thank you to Kate at Bibliophile Book Club for raving on about this authors books and making me take a chance on it.
Even though I have heard quite a lot of good things about this novel I was very dubious to try it for myself as I have to admit to not being a fan of novels that have been translated as find they don't always tend to flow very well. I had nothing to worry about though with this book as it flowed wonderfully.
The story itself is wonderfully atmospheric and beautifully written. The description of the small Icelandic village that Ari Thor ends up finding himself was very much brought to life by the author.
The whole storyline felt a bit like something out of Midsummer Murders apart from it being set in a small idyllic village in Iceland. It didn't have the feel of the gritty crime novels that I am used to reading but do you know what, I didn't mind. If anything it makes Snowblind very much stand out from other books in the same genre.
Ari Thor is fairly new to being a policeman and even though he is very much still 'wet behind the ears' I actually thought he did a pretty good job in his new role and out of all the the police officers in the village if anything was ever to happen to me it would certainly be Ari Thor I would want to be send to investigate.
Snowblind wasn't my normal fast paced crime read but that made me appreciate the beauty of this novel even more. Will certainly be adding Nightblind to my reading list as can't wait to see what is in store for Ari Thor.
Even though I have heard quite a lot of good things about this novel I was very dubious to try it for myself as I have to admit to not being a fan of novels that have been translated as find they don't always tend to flow very well. I had nothing to worry about though with this book as it flowed wonderfully.
The story itself is wonderfully atmospheric and beautifully written. The description of the small Icelandic village that Ari Thor ends up finding himself was very much brought to life by the author.
The whole storyline felt a bit like something out of Midsummer Murders apart from it being set in a small idyllic village in Iceland. It didn't have the feel of the gritty crime novels that I am used to reading but do you know what, I didn't mind. If anything it makes Snowblind very much stand out from other books in the same genre.
Ari Thor is fairly new to being a policeman and even though he is very much still 'wet behind the ears' I actually thought he did a pretty good job in his new role and out of all the the police officers in the village if anything was ever to happen to me it would certainly be Ari Thor I would want to be send to investigate.
Snowblind wasn't my normal fast paced crime read but that made me appreciate the beauty of this novel even more. Will certainly be adding Nightblind to my reading list as can't wait to see what is in store for Ari Thor.