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A review by balthazarlawson
Cold as Hell by Lilja Sigurðardóttir
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Arora is a financial investigator, a person that finds missing money, of Icelandic and English heritage living in Scotland. When her sister goes missing in Iceland her mother guilts her into going there to find her. But somehow she seems to get distracted from this task following a romantic encounter with a hotel owner that makes her wonder where he gets his money, seeing as he has already been convicted of fraud. Finding her sister is left to her, sort of, uncle, who is a policeman on holidays.
The structure of this book is weird and the ending is completely and utterly disappointing. There are 108 short sharp chapters from multi angles. Through this we learn what happened to the missing sister, not why, but Arora and the police never find out. It sometimes feels as if the real ending wasn't included in the book as there is more that could have happened. I felt really disappointed and let down by this. As for Arora, she is still a mystery as her true character was not fully explored.
Entertaining, but could have been so much more.
The structure of this book is weird and the ending is completely and utterly disappointing. There are 108 short sharp chapters from multi angles. Through this we learn what happened to the missing sister, not why, but Arora and the police never find out. It sometimes feels as if the real ending wasn't included in the book as there is more that could have happened. I felt really disappointed and let down by this. As for Arora, she is still a mystery as her true character was not fully explored.
Entertaining, but could have been so much more.