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Wolf Winter (Svartåsen #1)
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This was an interesting book, very typical of the Scandinavian style, cold, dark and atmospheric. Very similar in many ways to Burial Rites which is up there in my most favourite books.
Wolf Winter is not quite that good but it is still intriguing and very readable. I was occasionally annoyed by the main character's neglect of her own children in her pursuit of justice, but then no one in this story was perfect. The ending is ambiguous which I believe was the intention of the author. As a glass half full person I am sure they all lived happily ever after. Or as happy as anyone could be in that cold, cold place where there are months when the sun never shines at all.
Wolf Winter is not quite that good but it is still intriguing and very readable. I was occasionally annoyed by the main character's neglect of her own children in her pursuit of justice, but then no one in this story was perfect. The ending is ambiguous which I believe was the intention of the author. As a glass half full person I am sure they all lived happily ever after. Or as happy as anyone could be in that cold, cold place where there are months when the sun never shines at all.
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December 26, 2015
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Dec 27, 2015 09:52PM
So glad to see you gave this 4 stars. I really wanted to read this last year but didn't get to it.
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Yes I liked it. I will be back to write a review shortly:)
Love the last two lines of your review.
I like your review. This one was just ok for me. It was so hard to read in some parts.
Thanks Jeannie. Yes I agree there were some hard bits.
Nice review Phrynne. You do get that feeling of bone chilling cold all the way through the book.
And if I remember rightly, thanks for the book Carolyn. You can pick them:)
Oh, I'd forgotten I gave that to you! Glad you enjoyed it Phrynne :)
Nice review! Good to know it's similar to Burial Rites and that you liked that one too- it's also on my list. I will make a point to read this in January. Thanks :)
interesting that you were annoyed by m/c putting justice before child care - it seemed prefectly reasonable to me!
Having read the synopsis, I was wondering if this was in the same league as Burial Rights, which was an amazing book. Sounds like it is, so thanks for the comparison.
Totally agree with your review. Burial Rites is one of my top ten novels. This wasn’t as all-encompassing for me but still outstanding.
