6/7/2023 0 Comments The sanatorium sarah pearse![]() ![]() So why didn’t it work for me? Probably a few reasons, and mostly to do with reader preference.ġ) Mainly, I found the whole premise extremely unbelievable, from the strange way that people suddenly start dying, to the investigative efforts of a British policewoman on leave for PTSD (who has absolutely no jurisdiction in Switzerland), to the reveal of the final culprit and the motives of the murder spree. With a shady history, the building itself seems to exude an air of menace and danger that made for a wonderful backdrop. Pearse brings her setting to life with vivid descriptions of the old TB sanatorium and its eerie presence despite having been remodelled into a fancy resort. And when a massive blizzard cuts off the hotel from civilisation, and people start dying, the stage is set for a tense closed door mystery. An old sanatorium high in the Swiss Alps that has been converted into a fancy but sinister hotel – it doesn’t get much better than this. ![]() ![]() Let’s start with the things I did enjoy, and the setting is definitely a treat. Given the atmospheric, claustrophobic setting in the Swiss Alps during a blizzard I expected to like this book much more than I did – I wonder what went wrong here? ![]()
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