Books by Sarah Moss
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review 1: Started out really well, thought I was going to enjoy it, but it just got boring and tedious. Needed some good editing (and maybe less annoying characters). I did rejoice when she finally admitted on the second to last page that Raph might be a special needs child! Good lord woma...
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review 1: The first few sentences gave me the impression of a book that was trying too hard to be impressive. My second impression was that I could find no way to sympathize or identify with the the main character. My third and fourth impressions upon finishing were that it grew a bit too ...
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review 1: I picked this up at the library when searching for travel guides on Iceland, as I hope to travel there next spring. The author, Sarah Moss, relays a lot of interesting details about Iceland that she picks up during her one-year stay there, and in some ways reading this felt more ...
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review 1: Such a great concept, truly creepy. But then, about halfway through, the haunting stops. Why? I completely get that she wanted to write it using the notebooks of each character, but the best part of the story gets lost along the way. I do like that you have to deduct what the...
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review 1: Excellent account of the author's year spent in Iceland as an English Literature lecturer at Reykjavik University in the year when the Icelandic Banks failed and the volcanic explosion took place. Affectionate but honest and critical view of Iceland, its people, it's history and ...
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review 1: A team of archaeologists in Greenland hears rumors of a flu spreading worldwide, and soon after loses contact with the outside world. As they struggle to survive the oncoming winter, they are also faced with ghosts from a the Viking settlement they are excavating that may or may...
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review 1: I read this book in two days...I just couldn't put it down! A very simplistic yet chilling tale of an archaelogical dig gone wrong. Wonderfully descriptive of the Greenland landscape. Taught me about how quickly the seasons change there - I had no idea it could go from summer to ...