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A review by carduelia_carduelis
The Silver Road by Stina Jackson
2.0
This was.. ok. I picked it up hoping for a good mystery but it was really obvious what had happened by a third of the way through the book. I'm pretty slow at picking up clues but this was just so in-your-face that even I got it! I read it in one sitting because I was really curious as to how Jackson was going to pull a switcheroo and have it not be the obvious suspect but.. then it was the obvious subject and I now I'm frustrated about wasting my Sunday.
It also annoys me that the eponymous silver road has nothing to do with the plot or the solution. There's a bit where Torbjörn says that he used to work in the silver mine that the road is named after but that's literally it.
And the book is really slow: Lelle driving around for hours, drinking coffee, screaming. Meja drinking coffee. Her mother being awful. No one really eating anything. Mosquitos everywhere.
I think it's 2x too long for what actually happens in the book. And the ending is not satisfying. So, yeah, 2.5 stars for the decent writing and characterization, rounded down because of the plot.
It also annoys me that the eponymous silver road has nothing to do with the plot or the solution. There's a bit where Torbjörn says that he used to work in the silver mine that the road is named after but that's literally it.
And the book is really slow: Lelle driving around for hours, drinking coffee, screaming. Meja drinking coffee. Her mother being awful. No one really eating anything. Mosquitos everywhere.
I think it's 2x too long for what actually happens in the book. And the ending is not satisfying. So, yeah, 2.5 stars for the decent writing and characterization, rounded down because of the plot.