Really disappointed in this read to be honest.  The first 30% was slow, dull and only started to pick up the pace at around the 33% mark at which point I decided rather than DNF I would push through in hopes the story would improve… it did not.

My main issue with this book is that I did not enjoy a single character in this book. Elin - the main character was frustrating and didn’t really develop or grow in anyway. All the other characters were also incredibly one note and unlikeable in a way that I don’t believe was always the intention. 

For a mystery, I felt like there was no build of tension and characters felt like they were dropped and forgotten to only be picked up again when  convenient to tie up loose ends.

Overall the book gave the impression that the author was making it up as they went along without a clear idea on how it would end - leading to an ending that I didn’t care for. 

The rape, abortion and revenge plot and then flagging the  sanatorium history as pretty much a red herring - felt clunky and rushed. For me it felt as though the author just picked shocking themes  and threw it in at the end for shock over a well throughout out or clever plot resolution.

Overall, I wish I had saved myself the 400+ pages of reading and DNF’d.