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A review by suzid
The Dark by Emma Haughton
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I have realised I love books set in the intense cold and dark for much of the time out of the way places like the Antarctic, and one of my favourite genres is a locked room murder mystery so I am very happy to have read this which combines both.
It's an intense read about a newly arrived replacement doctor in a research station with a diverse group of other workers and finding it claustrophobic and frightening when murders start occurring. The characters, although a lot of them, are fairly well rounded and the book has enough regular life of living in the station so it's not just relentless action. The author keeps you on your toes trying to guess who the murderer is by leading us to think it could be this person then that one right to the end just as a good murder mystery writer should.
It's an intense read about a newly arrived replacement doctor in a research station with a diverse group of other workers and finding it claustrophobic and frightening when murders start occurring. The characters, although a lot of them, are fairly well rounded and the book has enough regular life of living in the station so it's not just relentless action. The author keeps you on your toes trying to guess who the murderer is by leading us to think it could be this person then that one right to the end just as a good murder mystery writer should.