The Dark Arts
May. 29th, 2019 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qatsiBook Review: Last Train to Helsingør, by Heidi Amsinck
This was a random book sale selection; I notice a significant bias for non-fiction among my reading, so try to compensate when I see something interesting in the way of fiction, although the references to Nordic Noir in the blurb were not really my thing. This is a contemporary short story collection focused on Copenhagen, and the stories do lean to the dark side. There's a fair amount of quasi-paranormality or Fate at work, some blood-letting, and a little extrajudicial justice. Often unsettling (but not nightmare-inducing), the nod to Roald Dahl in the blurb is certainly warranted.
This was a random book sale selection; I notice a significant bias for non-fiction among my reading, so try to compensate when I see something interesting in the way of fiction, although the references to Nordic Noir in the blurb were not really my thing. This is a contemporary short story collection focused on Copenhagen, and the stories do lean to the dark side. There's a fair amount of quasi-paranormality or Fate at work, some blood-letting, and a little extrajudicial justice. Often unsettling (but not nightmare-inducing), the nod to Roald Dahl in the blurb is certainly warranted.