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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1613280.Last_Rituals_An_Icelandic_Novel_of_Secret_Symbols_Medieval_Witchcraft_and_Modern_Murder?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Last Rituals: An Icelandic Novel of Secret Symbols, Medieval Witchcraft, and Modern Murder" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512NX%2B-igWL._SL160_.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1613280.Last_Rituals_An_Icelandic_Novel_of_Secret_Symbols_Medieval_Witchcraft_and_Modern_Murder?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Last Rituals: An Icelandic Novel of Secret Symbols, Medieval Witchcraft, and Modern Murder</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/747437.Yrsa_Sigurdardottir">Yrsa Sigurdardottir</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12297584?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 2 of 5 stars<br/>While the premise seemed intriguing...as did the main character...I think something might be lost in translation here. The prose seemed very, very stilted. Overall I think it's a tad disappointing that such a risque-sounding book should be--well, sort of dull. At least the English version... <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/224368?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>