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Another trip to Iceland with Hulda. Going with the reverse chronological, we delve further back into her life and cases, and this one was wild.

First off the case was interesting and kept the attention throughout, though with so many character POV chapters it took a while to get to grips with. And then with Hulda’s American adventure it took a while as well. Not saying any of this was bad, there was just a lot of to and fro and saying “right where am I?” in the first half. Thankfully this changed once the stories merged.

This of anything added more depths to Hulda’s character, taking what we learned from The Darkness and showing a more nuanced side to her. She is exceptionally acute at her job.

As I’ve found with Jónasson’s books, it’s not the ending comes out of nowhere, it’s that they always seem very abrupt! It’s just bang, done, dusted, and that’s it. The epilogues drew in different takes on what I had thought. Especially the American one.

Looking forward now to The Mist, I have it lined up on Borrowbox ready to go and finish out the trilogy.

Audiobook Length: 6hrs, 33mins

Narrator: Amanda Redman

Translator: Victoria Cribb

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