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A review by marceelf
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves
3.0
http://www.anurseandabook.com/2015/02/winter-at-door-by-sarah-graves.html
This book was definitely a winter book. The thing that I always struggle with winter books is the description of the weather, and the bleakness of the cold. I grew up in that kind of cold, and after four years in Arizona, I still have a very emotional reaction to cold weather. It depresses me and creates an instant bad mood.
However depressing the weather was, and the rural area was equally awful, this was a good mystery. I definitely wish I had read earlier books where Lizzie was featured, because I don't feel like I ever understood why her sister's daughter disappeared, or why they would think this child would suddenly appear in the rural wilderness with a total stranger.
In Spud, the author captured the feeling of hopelessness that kids growing up in a poverty stricken rural area feel. Lizzie was giving Spud the chance to go the right way, but the mystery man offered him another path, which he apparently was a lot more familiar with than we knew in the beginning.
The book left off paving the way for the next Lizzie Snow book. I grew to dislike the Eve series by Iris Johansen, so I hope they don't drag on the search for the missing niece through too many books.
This book was definitely a winter book. The thing that I always struggle with winter books is the description of the weather, and the bleakness of the cold. I grew up in that kind of cold, and after four years in Arizona, I still have a very emotional reaction to cold weather. It depresses me and creates an instant bad mood.
However depressing the weather was, and the rural area was equally awful, this was a good mystery. I definitely wish I had read earlier books where Lizzie was featured, because I don't feel like I ever understood why her sister's daughter disappeared, or why they would think this child would suddenly appear in the rural wilderness with a total stranger.
In Spud, the author captured the feeling of hopelessness that kids growing up in a poverty stricken rural area feel. Lizzie was giving Spud the chance to go the right way, but the mystery man offered him another path, which he apparently was a lot more familiar with than we knew in the beginning.
The book left off paving the way for the next Lizzie Snow book. I grew to dislike the Eve series by Iris Johansen, so I hope they don't drag on the search for the missing niece through too many books.