Death in Her Hands

There are certain disappointments in reading that sting, and one of them is discovering that you dislike the new book by an author you loved before ([b:My Year of Rest and Relaxation 44279110 My Year of Rest and Relaxation Ottessa Moshfegh https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553096683l/44279110.SY75.jpg 55508660] was one of my favorite reads in 2018). In addition to that, it's impossible NOT to draw parallels between this book and [b:Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 42983724 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547225640l/42983724.SY75.jpg 8099373]: An elderly lady, a newly settled recluse, living alone in a nature-heavy sparsely populated area, with a dog, stumbling upon a murder mystery, that dissolves into a psychological mind game. So these extra disappointments piled up may make me judge the book harsher than necessary. The writing is still good. But Vesta really wasn't very interesting.