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A review by translator_monkey
White Heat by M.J. McGrath
4.0
the wonderful "White Heat," by MJ McGrath. I learned a ton about Inuit culture and language just through the afterword alone. I have to admit, reading this took a little longer than I had anticipated because I found it dragging a bit in the middle, and would set it aside every now and then. Glad I pushed through, though, because it is a pretty good read. The ending? I thought it would be more convoluted than it was, because when you have a turnstile of potential bad guys being introduced every chapter, you're never sure which one is going to have done the deed, so to speak.
The author was amazing at dropping red herrings in and around the plot. Not the red herrings themselves, but the subtlety with which they were left behind. These breadcrumbs should have put me on the track to the killer, because even the Agatha Christies can't help but make the TUE red herrings stand out like a sore thumb. McGrath was masterful at leaving me full of doubt until the final two chapters. A fun read; it's the first in a series that I will revisit, but not immediately. Don't want to overdo my Inuit culture absorption.
The author was amazing at dropping red herrings in and around the plot. Not the red herrings themselves, but the subtlety with which they were left behind. These breadcrumbs should have put me on the track to the killer, because even the Agatha Christies can't help but make the TUE red herrings stand out like a sore thumb. McGrath was masterful at leaving me full of doubt until the final two chapters. A fun read; it's the first in a series that I will revisit, but not immediately. Don't want to overdo my Inuit culture absorption.