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A review by jesikasbookshelf
The Nesting by C.J. Cooke
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Working as a nanny deep in the Norwegian wilderness, Sophie desperately tries to cling to reality as she starts hallucinating.
Except, others are seeing the same hallucinations of a drowned woman, a woman that resembles the nokken in the Norse myths she reads to the children.
And someone seems to be sabotaging the building work of the renowned architect she works for. The housekeeper doesn't seem to clean anything. Accidents start happening. Was the mother of these children killed? Or, what drove her to suicide?
Is it all the lack of light?
Oh, also, Sophie isn't who she says she is.
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This had so much promise, and in many ways it really delivers. I rarely pick up a book in this genre and it fully gave my brain a good read it wasn't expecting. The setting of this book pulls you in and you can definitely understand why you might start seeing things.
As the book unravelled there seemed to be a few underutilised plot points - some of them more interesting than the main ones. I'm also not convinced the Sophie identity fraud thing actually brought anything to the book.
Even so, a good, character/setting driven gothic read perfect for those early, dark nights.
Except, others are seeing the same hallucinations of a drowned woman, a woman that resembles the nokken in the Norse myths she reads to the children.
And someone seems to be sabotaging the building work of the renowned architect she works for. The housekeeper doesn't seem to clean anything. Accidents start happening. Was the mother of these children killed? Or, what drove her to suicide?
Is it all the lack of light?
Oh, also, Sophie isn't who she says she is.
_____
This had so much promise, and in many ways it really delivers. I rarely pick up a book in this genre and it fully gave my brain a good read it wasn't expecting. The setting of this book pulls you in and you can definitely understand why you might start seeing things.
As the book unravelled there seemed to be a few underutilised plot points - some of them more interesting than the main ones. I'm also not convinced the Sophie identity fraud thing actually brought anything to the book.
Even so, a good, character/setting driven gothic read perfect for those early, dark nights.