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The Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1)

Sarah Pearse

Start date: March 1, 2022

Finish date: March 31, 2022

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Feb 21, 2021 Madeline rated it liked it

Shelves: locked-room-mystery, osp-monthly-read

Ugh!

I was immersed into the layers and layers of a cold and brutal snow bound story. I cuddled with my warm fuzzy blanket and my roaring fire and settled in with my book.

The Sanatorium started out strong with great suspense and action UNTIL....about page 325+/-.

What the heck? The story lost all its edge and collapsed under a huge avalanche. No! I could no longer read, it stalled out so bad I couldn’t wait to finish it....even skipping over the unbelievable, brainless, words.

Where was the edi ...more

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Feb 25, 2022 Aline rated it did not like it

Shelves: owned, crime-mystery-thriller

I started this book with really high expectations (maybe too high, to be honest). I was so sure this was going to be a good one. After all, a lot of readers loved it and it was a Reese's Book Club pick. But I ended up deeply disappointed.
And here are the major flaws that prevented me from enjoying this book properly:

1) First of all, this book is long. Like really long. Like too long to be enjoyable. A good half of it could be taken out and the core of the story would still make sense.

2) The rh ...more

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May 17, 2021 Lorraine rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, crime, thriller, thriller-mystery, gothic, horror

A good mystery, but a little too graphic for me.

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Oct 28, 2022 Lekeshua rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-2022

A quick read. The chapter’s short format help with the atmosphere. I enjoyed the natural environment being a character as well, without it, I believe the story would have fallen flat. Triggers are involved, crimes against one’s body. Don’t want to trigger anyone from reading this review. And of course, we are left on a cliff hanger.

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Oct 27, 2021 J.J. rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, audio

3.5. First half of the book was a three last half a solid four. I enjoyed the main characters and the ever changing plot, but I especially enjoyed the epilogue about the history of sanatoriums in the early 20th century.

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Oct 01, 2024 Colleen rated it really liked it

Mar 29, 2022 Lindsey Gandhi rated it really liked it

Shelves: rw-bookclub, 2021-popsugar-reading-challenge, 2021-ng-reading-challenge

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Feb 07, 2021 🐉 PrinZessBookDragon 👑🌶️ marked it as to-read

Feb 12, 2021 sonya marie madden marked it as to-read

Feb 13, 2021 Debbie M marked it as to-read

Feb 15, 2021 Krista marked it as to-read

Shelves: fiction, time-2020-2029, mystery, setting-eu, audio-library-dwnlded, myst-female-investigator, suspense, gothic, debut-book, setting-eu-switzerland