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Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
4.0
“A being was either strong enough to hold their ground, or they became small and bottomless and started feeding on themselves.”
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck is the story behind the people that live under the Blackåsen Mountain. There is a strange history attached to this small village of people and when a man is found mysterious dead by two young girls, it produces varied reactions from the family members. The girls can’t help but become involved in finding the truth behind this man’s death which although appears as one by a bear or wolf may well have been by a man.
I chose to read this book because I was looking for a chilling thriller to read this month. I enjoy reading noir stories based in Scandinavia so this one was the ideal choice. There is so much mystery behind the settlers under the mountain and ways of the old and mythology are discussed as well as elements of the possible supernatural. The atmospheric prose gave height to the intense moments leading up to the discovery of the truth behind this man’s death.
The characters within this story represent well the life during 1717 in the Swedish Lapland. It feels cleverly researched by the author in that respect and is presented exactly how it feels like it should have been back then. There are several families living here however the focus is on the two girls that found the body and their mother and father who are recent settlers. The mother is very curious and is aware of a “gift” she posses which gives her doubt towards the ill fate of the dead man. There is also the priest who doest seem to care about the death and the deceased’s brother who laughs when he finds out about his death too.
All in all this story is a whirl wind. There are many twists and turns before clarity is given as to what happened. The layout of the story makes it very easy to fly through with the short chapters. An intense who done it story with beautiful chilling and disturbing atmosphere, a definite book id recommend.
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck is the story behind the people that live under the Blackåsen Mountain. There is a strange history attached to this small village of people and when a man is found mysterious dead by two young girls, it produces varied reactions from the family members. The girls can’t help but become involved in finding the truth behind this man’s death which although appears as one by a bear or wolf may well have been by a man.
I chose to read this book because I was looking for a chilling thriller to read this month. I enjoy reading noir stories based in Scandinavia so this one was the ideal choice. There is so much mystery behind the settlers under the mountain and ways of the old and mythology are discussed as well as elements of the possible supernatural. The atmospheric prose gave height to the intense moments leading up to the discovery of the truth behind this man’s death.
The characters within this story represent well the life during 1717 in the Swedish Lapland. It feels cleverly researched by the author in that respect and is presented exactly how it feels like it should have been back then. There are several families living here however the focus is on the two girls that found the body and their mother and father who are recent settlers. The mother is very curious and is aware of a “gift” she posses which gives her doubt towards the ill fate of the dead man. There is also the priest who doest seem to care about the death and the deceased’s brother who laughs when he finds out about his death too.
All in all this story is a whirl wind. There are many twists and turns before clarity is given as to what happened. The layout of the story makes it very easy to fly through with the short chapters. An intense who done it story with beautiful chilling and disturbing atmosphere, a definite book id recommend.