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A review by wanderaven
Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason
4.0
I believe this is actually my first Scandinavian mystery ~ ?
I've read the Scandinavian mysteries are the darkest of them all, and based on this book I'd certainly have to agree. I'm sure you can get darker but since I don't necessarily plan to read [b:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327868566s/2429135.jpg|1708725], I'm going to say Indriðason may well be my most disturbing author so far. And I've read [a:George R.R. Martin|346732|George R.R. Martin|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1351944410p2/346732.jpg]; some people I know won't touch him because of the violence but I did okay. Maybe it's because of how domestic violence, as in this book, is so isolating, intimate, and could happen to any of us, unlike some scenarios in Martin's books?
In any case, I was engrossed, to the point I was reading the last quarter of the book while walking out to my car when leaving work. And at traffic lights. I even took it into the grocery store, and then was disappointed when I could just walk right up to the register without waiting in line.
I've read the Scandinavian mysteries are the darkest of them all, and based on this book I'd certainly have to agree. I'm sure you can get darker but since I don't necessarily plan to read [b:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo|2429135|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)|Stieg Larsson|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327868566s/2429135.jpg|1708725], I'm going to say Indriðason may well be my most disturbing author so far. And I've read [a:George R.R. Martin|346732|George R.R. Martin|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1351944410p2/346732.jpg]; some people I know won't touch him because of the violence but I did okay. Maybe it's because of how domestic violence, as in this book, is so isolating, intimate, and could happen to any of us, unlike some scenarios in Martin's books?
In any case, I was engrossed, to the point I was reading the last quarter of the book while walking out to my car when leaving work. And at traffic lights. I even took it into the grocery store, and then was disappointed when I could just walk right up to the register without waiting in line.