i can point to the parts that didn't work for me, but not the ones that did.Īnd yet i have a positive feeling overall when i think of this book. i enjoyed reading it, and there are parts of it still in my head, but i also feel slightly befuddled. I know this sounds like i didn't like the book, but i did. there's a kind of abrupt twisty bit at the end that answers one question, but leaves a lot of danglers. I like the writing, although there's something about it that is also that ineffable "something" that i have found in pretty much every book i've read from a nordic country - it's a stylistic similarity that leaves me feeling a little flat - like i'm missing something, like it's written at a remove.Īnd be prepared for a lot of unresolved bits at the end. there are things that are odd, whimsical, and eerie, but nothing to keep you up all night. so if you go in knowing that, i think you will have a more realistic expectation of what's in store. There's a quirky charm to it that overshadows anything even a little creepy.
i thought this would be a perfect companion book to The Supernatural Enhancements - spooky and dark with a hook for bookish types.Īnd it's a good book, but when it's put in that lineup, there's an element missing. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, The Secret History, Let the Right One In, i thought "this book is for ME!"īut when the words "chilling" and "creepy" are used, i have certain expectations. Twin peaks, the brothers grimm, The Shadow of the Wind, Mr. I love the cover, the font, the premise, and when i read the list of comparisons on the back cover: and wouldn't you know - the day it arrived in my mailbox was the same day i got approved on netgalley.Īnd after all those folks throwing the book at me, i just wish i'd loved it more than i did.
Erin was good enough to send me her copy of this book, which i had already requested from netgalley, but since i have had really poor luck lately getting approved in a timely manner, she offered to mail me hers.
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