Thing in the Snow

The Thing in the Snow: A Novel | Sean Adams

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Hart, Gibbs and Cline are the maintenance crew at The Northern Institute, a closed research facility. Gilroy, a researcher is also there. One day the crew notices a “thing in the snow“. As they start to obsess about it Hart seems to unravel. Told from Harts perspective, the story has the reader question the reality of everything occurring. The ending is open - no clear answers to some things. Overall a good read.
Make a great day everyone ☃️

bthegood #WinterGames #GangstaWrappers 🎁 13mo

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bthegood

Thing in the Snow | Sean Adams

Juggling a few books - enjoying them all.
Two more days of grading and then break - yay! A lot of family, friends and reading time coming up!

#WinterGames #GangstaWrappers

Make a great day everyone 🎁

Bookwormjillk Good luck powering through the next two days. I‘m juggling a few books too. 13mo

Jerdencon Good luck! I‘m always juggling books! 13mo

JessieKB 🤣❤️yes!!! Two more days!!!🎉🎉🎉 you can do it!! 13mo

dabbe I remember the grading at this time of year, and I would always be SO tempted to just accidentally chuck 'em in the trash and give everyone credit! I never did, though. Hang in there! And sounds like you have an incredible break coming up! 💙❄️💙 13mo

bthegood @dabbe @JessieKB @Jerdencon @Bookwormjillk thanks for the support 🤶🎁🎄 (edited) 13mo

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swynn

Thing in the Snow | Sean Adams

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(2023) A small group of workers is isolated at a polar research station where nobody is doing research (or not *supposed* to be) and are given repetitive make-work tasks to pass the time. Then through a window they notice something in the snow. It's part Kafka and part VanderMeer, a touch of psychological thriller and existential angst, with a heavy dose of office satire. I liked it much.

batsy I really enjoyed it too! 1y

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Addison_Reads

The Thing in the Snow: A Novel | Sean Adams

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I'm torn on this book. The pace is slow and it leaves the reader with more questions than answers. However, what this book did very well was create psychological drama in an isolated setting that left me feeling unsettled and made me keep reading because it kept me on edge. I did also like the satire about the workplace scenario. In the end though, I needed more answers to the slow build-up.

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batsy

The Thing in the Snow: A Novel | Sean Adams

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This feels like the essence of 21st-century labour distilled into a novel. It's about the absurdity of work & the grim, tedious Sisyphean nature of repetition & lack of meaning. The mood is like if you were laughing while screaming on the inside. It's like if The Office met The X-Files with a dash of Authority, the 2nd book from Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy. The slow ennui of psychosis & alienation. Full of dread! And so damn funny.

batsy This is not plot-driven at all and offers no answers, so if that kind of thing irritates you, it might not be up your street. But the ending I found somewhat triumphant. To that end I hope that there's a sequel because like every character in the book, and probably every person who read this, I *do* want to know more! About the Thing. In the snow 😆 2y

Suet624 Fantastic review. And sure, I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. 2y

TrishB Sounds very intriguing! 2y

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Liz_M Oooh, interesting! 2y

Cathythoughts Great review 👍🏻 Sounds intriguing ! 2y

erzascarletbookgasm Great review and intriguing indeed! 2y

BarbaraBB Intriguing 🤔 2y

batsy @Suet624 @Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm Thank you! It's a book that I'm afraid to recommend because I know it can be a divisive one 😆 2y

batsy @TrishB @Liz_M @BarbaraBB Yes! The definition of a Marmite book, I think 😁 2y

Aimeesue Great review! 2y

Reggie How can I NOT stack this? 2y

batsy @Aimeesue Thank you! 2y

batsy @Reggie Reggie I was thinking this is a you type of book! But that it probably needs more horror lol 😁 2y

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EmberIvyRose

The Thing in the Snow: A Novel | Sean Adams

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This book tried to be very cerebral....tackling subjects like the mundane nature of work, isolation, madness even. But as interesting as that sounds, nothing happens. At all. I like an open ending but there are no answers. I feel uneasy and disappointed after reading this one.

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