The Resting Place
Ratings14
Average rating3.4
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Ratings14
Average rating3.4
One of Goodreads Most Popular Horror of 2022 "Engrossing, character-rich, powerful. Sten is on a roll."--Publishers Weekly(starred review) Crimson Peak meets The Sanatorium in The Resting Place, a heart-thumping, unforgettable novel of horror and suspense by international sensation Camilla Sten. Deep rooted secrets. A twisted family history. And a house that will never let go. Eleanor lives with prosopagnosia, the inability to recognize a familiar person's face. It causes stress. Acute anxiety. It can make you question what you think you know. When Eleanor walked in on the scene of her capriciously cruel grandmother, Vivianne's, murder, she came face to face with the killer--a maddening expression that means nothing to someone like her. With each passing day, the horror of having come so close to a murderer--and not knowing if they'd be back--overtakes both her dreams and her waking moments, thwarting her perception of reality. Then a lawyer calls. Vivianne has left her a house--a looming estate tucked away in the Swedish woods. The place her grandfather died, suddenly. A place that has housed a chilling past for over fifty years. Eleanor. Her steadfast boyfriend, Sebastian. Her reckless aunt, Veronika. The lawyer. All will go to this house of secrets, looking for answers. But as they get closer to uncovering the truth, they'll wish they had never come to disturb what rests there.
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I liked the setting and the creepy house. I liked the complication of Eleanor not recognizing faces. The solution was fairly reasonable. I figured out about half of the solution really quickly. I did feel like some of the character's action didn't make sense. The different time periods and perspectives were just okay.
Overall, I think I need to read thrillers every so often. This was probably better than I am giving it credit for.
Solid VC Andrews-esque (but not like that, really) thriller at an old vacation home in the Swedish woods during a blizzard. Who can ask for more?
Rating: 4 leaves out of 5
Characters: 3.5/5
Cover: 4/5
Story: 4/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Genre: Horror/Thriller/Mystery
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: Yeah
First want to thank Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this in exchange for an honest review! When I saw this on the list to request to read I clicked so fast! I read “Lost Village” by Camilla and loved it. So I am so thankful to have been given a chance to read this one as well.
Eleanor's condition really makes for a thriller. I would hate to be put in her situation. Like, Lost Village, you have a point of view from someone who comes from a place they haven't been before and then you go back to the past and get a recollection of what happen from a family member during that time. I will admit I thought I had it figured out earlier what was going to happen and I was wrong, so that was nice.
The only things I have to complain about with the book is, like with Lost Village, they had a bit of a dry spell but even with it I really wanted to chug along and find out what was exactly going on. Another complaint is El in the end. Yeah, they were going to die by KiKi but I think El should have a bit more compassion for her. She also should have recognize that her grandmother was a damn mess and shouldn't have gotten as much compassion as she did.
Other than that it was a very good read, had me on the edge of my seat, and left in a kind of “what next?” phase!
I didn’t like any of the characters in this book, they all felt like caricatures of people. The boyfriend was insufferable, the aunt and grandmother felt mean in a way that felt cartoonish. And yet I actually enjoyed the overall mystery and the idea of the story was very intriguing. Not the best book I’ve ever read but nowhere near the worst, and I did find myself wanting to pick it up. So that’s why even with my distaste for the characters I had to give it at least a 3.5 even though an argument for a lower rating could be made.
