The Sanatorium: A Novel By Sarah Pearse
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Web ID: 13393486Interesting story and premise.
I liked the premise of this book, I had been wanting to read it for a while. Elin and her boyfriend go to a remote hotel that is a remodeled sanatorium that has creepy vibes. There's a backstory of a missing person who disappeared while there a few years back and that thought lingers in everyone's mind. Is this place haunted or is someone pulling the strings. All in all I enjoyed the book. Some parts I felt like were a little slow, some of the side stories needed a bit of a push but in the end I was satisfied and liked the book.
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Don't listen to the negative reviews!!!
For an authors first novel, the main character was well developed and carried very well into the second novel. Others have said that the character development was unnecessary...really? The story was hard to follow and took all the way until the end to figure out who the killer was? Seriously...I love reading a mystery novel and figuring it out within the first few pages. Recommend to others, ABSOLUTELY!!! I'm a huge Patricia Cornwell fan and this one was right up my alley. Already read the 2nd novel from this author and can't wait to get my hands on the newest one!!!
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Listen to the reviews
Grabbed this book hoping for a good mystery/whodunnit read but I wish I had thoroughly read the reviews first. The story was kind of hard to follow in the beginning and the first couple of chapters felt unnecessary. Hearing of constant memory flashbacks that don’t really relate to the story made it hard to follow at times. The ending wasn’t something the reader could have guessed, it felt thrown together towards the end last minute.
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Listen to the negative reviews.
Yes, I decided that I ultimately liked the book, but I wouldn't recommend it to others. It really would have benefitted from (more?) developmental editing at every stage. As the other reviewers have said: 1. The hero's flashbacks and questions from her sibling's childhood death could have reduced or removed entirely. 2. The ultimate motives behind the disappearances/murders weren't something that the reader could have guessed or figured out. 3. The inclusion of the (new?) villain in the epilogue was unnecessary. And beyond all of that: At the start of the story, we're told that the hero, Detective Sergeant Elin, is on leave from her job, and wouldn't have jurisdiction, anyway. Which is arguably okay. However, she repeatedly makes decisions and takes risks that a professional/competent detective wouldn't make. It kept pulling me out of the story.
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Great Read
Overall, this book brought twists and turns in almost every chapter. As a reader, you can feel the claustrophobia as the setting is one built around isolation. This was a great debut novel and I am looking forward to the next one!
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Full of twists to the very end.....
My normal genre of choice would not have led me to The Sanatorium but I read the book in such a short time - the twists had me so frustrated. Every time I thought I figured it out there was a new twist. And the very end has me sooooo stumped. I've gone back and read it three times. It's good!
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Page-turner
Who wouldn't want the novel experience of staying in a luxury hotel that was once used as a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients? Developer Lucas Caron has high expectations for his Swiss resort and has spared no expense renovating the abandoned property. When Elin and her boyfriend Will arrive at the isolated property she immediately feels something is off at Le Sommet or could it be meeting up with her estranged brother and his new fiancée Laure to celebrate their engagement that has her anxious? When they awake the next morning and discover Laure to be missing, it sets off alarm bells for Elin, a detective on leave, and she starts her own investigation. As a devastating storm beats down on the hotel and help from the police is not coming, Elin is their only hope to uncover the mystery surrounding Le Sommet and calm guests' fears. Elin feels back in her element until they discover a body and now it's a race against time and the elements. I love a good page-turner that leaves the answers just past your fingertips though at times I found this to be repetitive and slightly confusing. I wasn't aware that "The Sanatorium" was the start of a series featuring Elin so now I will have to add "The Retreat" to my TBR list.
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OMG the pronoun problem.
Don’t use “they” as the pronoun when you’re referring to a singular killer, regardless of the gender. “They” is a plural pronoun…and this killer, I assume, is a singular entity. You’re supposed to be a writer, Sarah. It’s a basic rule. Even in today’s pronoun-challenged society.
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