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3 and 3/4 stars.
Let's see how this sits with me now that I've finished it. I need to mull it over a bit. For now I take away images of ginger cookies and snow, clean sheets and saunas, ice and gravestones.
Everything's got a mist over it; it's a blurry story. I liked spending time with it though, even though I didn't like so many of the characters. It's kind of beautiful.
It's a mysterious (and misty) story that's not really a mystery. It seems as though nothing happens until the end of the book. ...more
Let's see how this sits with me now that I've finished it. I need to mull it over a bit. For now I take away images of ginger cookies and snow, clean sheets and saunas, ice and gravestones.
Everything's got a mist over it; it's a blurry story. I liked spending time with it though, even though I didn't like so many of the characters. It's kind of beautiful.
It's a mysterious (and misty) story that's not really a mystery. It seems as though nothing happens until the end of the book. ...more
Aug 12, 2019
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marked it as to-read
