![]() At first I had hope that the boyfriend would be ok, but no, he turned out to be a manipulative, condescending, mansplainer.Įlin was too troubled to ever be believable as a detective – even one struggling with PTSD. I found all of the characters including Elin and her boyfriend to be unlikeable. Then when she started doing detective work she was so incredibly incompetent and insecure that it became annoying…and it wasn’t just her who annoyed me! The entire premise was unbelievable starting with the fact that if Elin were a real person with the real problems described within the book she would have never, ever, ever gone to this “party.” ![]() If only the rest of the book had been as good. You sense a creeping along your spine as the author describes the pieces of the old sanatorium which were incorporated into the design of the new hotel. You can picture the steam rising off of the heated swimming pool and feel the floors of the place under your feet. You shiver as you imagine the colors and textures within the hotel that mimic the stark and icy landscape without. You can see in your minds eye this cold, minimalistic, yet luxurious hotel with huge windows overlooking the rugged and snowy alps. She does an excellent job of describing the hotel.ĭue to her descriptions the book The Sanatorium is incredibly atmospheric. Seriously, this author ought to write for an architectural magazine. The very best parts of this book were the descriptions of the hotel and the surrounding areas. There was even a minute or two in the beginning when I thought I might like it…but…that didn’t last long. Other people have really loved this book! I’m just not one of them. However, this is only my opinion which may be opposite of your own. I always feel weird giving a negative review…but I’ve got to be honest. Kidnappings and murders ensue and Elin must figure out what is happening. The people left at the hotel are cut off from help. It is located high in the rugged Swiss Alps at the top of a mountain road that is treacherous in the best of circumstances.Ī snowstorm strikes the area shortly after Elin and her boyfriend arrive and due to the threat of avalanche not everyone in the hotel is able to be evacuated. Le Sommet is a new, minimalist, modern and incredibly creepy hotel which was created from what was once a tuberculosis sanatorium. The reader is made to believe that Elin hopes that seeing her brother can give her some clarity into not only their relationship, but her current situation, and her troubling past.Įlin and her boyfriend, Will, travel to the site of the celebration, Le Sommet. She believes that her estranged brother, Isaac, was in some way responsible for the death of her other brother.ĭespite that, when Elin receives an invitation to attend Isaac’s engagement party she decides to attend. ![]() She is struggling not only with the job issues, but also with circumstances from her past and her present relationships. In addition to the PTSD acquired from this particular incident, the detective seems to have always had an unsettled soul. ![]() I read The Sanatorium on my Kindle and purchased it from AmazonĮlin Warner is a detective who is currently on a leave of absence from her job due to a case that went badly…it was a situation that almost cost Elin her life and was caused in many ways by her own inability to cope.You can find Sarah on Twitter and Instagram. Her short fiction has been published in a wide variety of magazines and has been shortlisted for several prizes. Sarah has always been drawn to the dark and creepy - remote spaces and abandoned places - so when she read an article in a local Swiss magazine about the history of sanatoriums in the area, she knew she’d found the spark of the idea for her debut novel, The Sanatorium. After moving to Switzerland in her twenties, she spent every spare moment exploring the mountains and the Swiss Alpine town of Crans Montana, the dramatic setting that inspired her novel. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick and worked in Brand PR for a variety of household brands. Her short fiction has been published in a wide variety of magazines and has been sh Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters. Sarah Pearse lives by the sea in South Devon with her husband and two daughters.
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