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A review by yvnn
The Blackhouse by Peter May
4.0
I chose this book because I wanted to read mysteries set in Scotland. Well...it doesn't get any more Scottish than this. For me (a non native English speaker) it was not the easiest read to get into. It's probably because the Gaelic, the names and locations are pretty far from what I know. But once I got the hang of it, I got really committed.
First of all: Love the fact that there is something in Fin Macleods past that we don't know. That was what drew me in for Tana French's 'In the Woods' too.
When Fin Macleod is sent back to the small island where he grew up, there is a whole lot of tension. Not only because of the murder he is investigating. There are a lot of unresolved issues from the past you gradually learn as a reader.
For a moment it felt like the story drifted away from the murder, and I wondered if the murder was at all at the center of the book. But that didn't matter because at that time I was more invested in Fin's past. The grim setting of a small island with people that mostly had hard lives makes it al the more interesting. I'm excited there are two more books in the same setting.
Only negative in this story was the ending, a bit cheesy for my liking.
First of all: Love the fact that there is something in Fin Macleods past that we don't know. That was what drew me in for Tana French's 'In the Woods' too.
When Fin Macleod is sent back to the small island where he grew up, there is a whole lot of tension. Not only because of the murder he is investigating. There are a lot of unresolved issues from the past you gradually learn as a reader.
For a moment it felt like the story drifted away from the murder, and I wondered if the murder was at all at the center of the book. But that didn't matter because at that time I was more invested in Fin's past. The grim setting of a small island with people that mostly had hard lives makes it al the more interesting. I'm excited there are two more books in the same setting.
Only negative in this story was the ending, a bit cheesy for my liking.