A review by essjay
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir

4.5

Well, goddamn. 

This was a fantastic (mostly) one sitting read, and I would not have minded if it was twice the length, though I do find 200-300 pages is my personal sweet spot. The translation was great (sometimes if you're familiar with the translator's own work you can feel their voice bleeding through, but that didn't seem to be the case here), and I can't wait for everyone else to read this so I have people to talk about it with.