Welcome to Litsy!

My first big book crush of the year. I just loved this atmospheric novel sets in the summer of 1967 in Boundary/Bondrée, a small and remote summer vacation town at the Canadian/American border. During this summer, two young girls are killed. It's a slow mystery (if you want something fast, action-packed, this book is NOT for you), wonderfully written. I loved it.

Gosh am I glad to finish this one. Smarter people than me have described it as lush, atmospheric and intelligent but I struggled. it was not so much of a slow burn as it was glacially slow and the language was incredibly verbose. attached quote is a good, exhausting example of lovely prose going nowhere fast. As I alluded to earlier this may be the translation but regardless not one for me.

Picked this up in paperback (with new title) at the airport this morning. The underlying crime is interesting but the writing is very dense and I‘m struggling a little. Don‘t know if it is the translation or just the writers style

I have serious book issues. How do I cram all of these books into my brain? 😊 I have so many, yet feel compelled to find more at the library! #bookissues