kass32's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
zooloo1983's review
5.0
Wow wow wow wow and guess what wow! This is everything I wanted and needed in a book. I saw the cover and I knew it was a book I needed to read. This book hooked me in from the get-go and neither John nor Daniel would let me go.
Opening up with us meeting John, he is searching for his missing daughter and my heart was breaking. I couldn’t imagine what he was going through, however, through Johann’s writing I felt it. I felt the lows of the cold case, the hope, false or otherwise to find his daughter, and well the highs were minimal.
However, we then meet Daniel, and my heart went out for him and his situation and I seriously had no idea how he would slot into this story. When we start to see the magic of these threads by the author, I didn’t foresee this story.
The case Dark is forced on, one to shut quick to get back on the team with his partner, is just so bizarre and creepy! I was thrilled by it, by the description of how things played out and the arrangement. Yes, they are terrifying but there was something quite ethereal about it.
Between these murders and Daniel, I had such a strong feeling of the Hannibal TV show. The way they introduced Will Graham and how he sees the world and how the murders are done, artistically, horrifying and something kind of beautiful, which is exactly what you find here. Daniel views the world in a similar fashion and well the murders…..they have the same effect of awe and shock. I was mesmerised by the language, description and writing by Johann. To have me feeling all of these feelings about murders and people is just amazing.
Not only did he hook me in, keep me dangling with the side stories, but that ending, that epilogue! I mean jeez! What a clanger and a banger of one! I need to read the next book, I need to know more about that epilogue and the darkness coming, how it will all link together and will we get any closure.
I really have been so excited about this book. I loved every aspect of it, as we explored so much, we see Detective Dark, we see John Dark and we see John. During this book, we live with his different personas and aspects of his life. This book has played on my mind and I am still thinking about it.
There is so much to discuss but I can’t. It wouldn’t be fair to do, but what a book! If you like crime thrillers, with a lot of added twists and thrills then pick this up. However, if you have that sensation that your body isn’t yours anymore, that someone is in your house….RUN
Opening up with us meeting John, he is searching for his missing daughter and my heart was breaking. I couldn’t imagine what he was going through, however, through Johann’s writing I felt it. I felt the lows of the cold case, the hope, false or otherwise to find his daughter, and well the highs were minimal.
However, we then meet Daniel, and my heart went out for him and his situation and I seriously had no idea how he would slot into this story. When we start to see the magic of these threads by the author, I didn’t foresee this story.
The case Dark is forced on, one to shut quick to get back on the team with his partner, is just so bizarre and creepy! I was thrilled by it, by the description of how things played out and the arrangement. Yes, they are terrifying but there was something quite ethereal about it.
Between these murders and Daniel, I had such a strong feeling of the Hannibal TV show. The way they introduced Will Graham and how he sees the world and how the murders are done, artistically, horrifying and something kind of beautiful, which is exactly what you find here. Daniel views the world in a similar fashion and well the murders…..they have the same effect of awe and shock. I was mesmerised by the language, description and writing by Johann. To have me feeling all of these feelings about murders and people is just amazing.
Not only did he hook me in, keep me dangling with the side stories, but that ending, that epilogue! I mean jeez! What a clanger and a banger of one! I need to read the next book, I need to know more about that epilogue and the darkness coming, how it will all link together and will we get any closure.
I really have been so excited about this book. I loved every aspect of it, as we explored so much, we see Detective Dark, we see John Dark and we see John. During this book, we live with his different personas and aspects of his life. This book has played on my mind and I am still thinking about it.
There is so much to discuss but I can’t. It wouldn’t be fair to do, but what a book! If you like crime thrillers, with a lot of added twists and thrills then pick this up. However, if you have that sensation that your body isn’t yours anymore, that someone is in your house….RUN
bthorsson's review against another edition
5.0
A true dective thriller and a page turner. You keep dont want to put the book down and just want to keep reading it. Can not recommend this book enough. Nobody will be disapoined.
micahcastle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I received a copy of Whitesands from the author for the possibility of consideration for a Bram Stoker Award.
Full of apathy and desperation, tinged with nihilism and misanthropy.
Thoroughly enjoyed Whitesands. Thorsson did a fantastic job. I await the next book.
Full of apathy and desperation, tinged with nihilism and misanthropy.
Thoroughly enjoyed Whitesands. Thorsson did a fantastic job. I await the next book.
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