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morethanmylupus 's review for:
The Lost House
by Melissa Larsen
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an ok thriller. I liked it in concept: a woman goes back to Iceland to explore more about what happened in the unsolved case of her grandmother and infant aunt's deaths. She meets up with a true crime podcaster who is covering the mystery and meanwhile another woman goes missing in the winter cold. I like the true crime podcaster trope, even though I'm not that into podcasts and I don't follow true crime. The podcaster here was weirdly gleeful, which I found jarring. The bigger problem was that while the mystery was compelling, the tension never quite built up, and, as a result, I was never fully immersed in the story. I was expecting the winter to be more a character in the story than it really was.
A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
A huge thank you to the author and the publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder