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A review by mppilk
Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Somewhat disappointing crime novel from Ragnar Jónasson. A short book but could have been made even shorter as it was very repetitive possibly as it is told from several different viewpoints, maybe one too many.
Helgi is finishing a dissertation on murders take took place years earlier in a closed down TB sanatorium and trying to avoid taking up a job with the police department. He is obsessed with his father’s vast collection of old crime novels and takes this “old fashioned “ way of solving these crimes by interviewing all the people involved at the time.
It was all much ado about nothing from what I could see and there seemed to be no explanation as to what they were all doing in this disused sanatorium to begin with.
A harmless read but this author has done better.
Thanks to NetGalley.co.uk and the publishers for the opportunity to read this ARC.
Helgi is finishing a dissertation on murders take took place years earlier in a closed down TB sanatorium and trying to avoid taking up a job with the police department. He is obsessed with his father’s vast collection of old crime novels and takes this “old fashioned “ way of solving these crimes by interviewing all the people involved at the time.
It was all much ado about nothing from what I could see and there seemed to be no explanation as to what they were all doing in this disused sanatorium to begin with.
A harmless read but this author has done better.
Thanks to NetGalley.co.uk and the publishers for the opportunity to read this ARC.