![]() ![]() Possibly due to the translation from Icelandic to English, there was some clunky dialogue and times when the characters acted in ways that didn’t seem entirely consistent. There were certain aspects that didn’t work for me quite as well though. Sigurdardottir does an impressive job overall crafting an intricate mystery that never feels forced or ridiculous. Personally, I enjoyed this mix of gradual reveals. While I was able to piece together small parts of it as I was reading, there were other parts that kept me guessing until the very end. ![]() The most interesting part of reading this book is trying to figure out how the two storylines intersect. The first storyline focuses on three friends who venture out to an abandoned village in Northern Iceland to renovate a rundown house-only to find out that they’re not alone. The alternating chapters follow a psychiatrist investigating a series of unusual deaths that are seemingly connected to his missing son. The chapters switch back and forth between two concurrent storylines. This atmospheric ghost story wasn’t quite as scary as I expected, but it had an undeniably creepy vibe to it and a solid mystery at its core. ![]()
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