The Girl without Skin

The Girl without Skin | Mads Peder Nordbo

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I enjoyed reading this, and there were times when I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. I thought the big reveal was a bit convoluted. I loved the location. Living in a snowy country seems fascinating and Nuuk seems to have extra harsh weather. At times, I found it a bit hard to follow what was going on, maybe in part by my confusion in the timelines. I liked this book. I would like to reread it someday so I can appreciate it properly.

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vlwelser

The Girl without Skin | Mads Peder Nordbo

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This book is so good. There is so much going on that it's hard to put down. Also, if anyone is looking for a murder mystery set in #Greenland this is definitely the thing you are looking for. š’–š“

#NetGalley #ARC

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batsy

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It's weird to refer to this grim Danish crime thriller as beautiful, but this is exactly that. Kudos to the translator for doing an admirable job conveying the poetic intensity of the author's style. The book takes on Danish colonialism, Inuit exploitation, patriarchy, & corrupt men in power, all wrapped in descriptive passages of Nuuk & Greenlandic ice fields. There is a "girl with tattoo" trope here, but handled sensitively & with thought. 4 ā

batsy TW: There are grisly murder scenes, but you never get the sense of a voyeuristic eye describing it just to entertain the reader. This is the first in a series & I look forward to the other books but there is a sense that a Danish man is writing about good Danish men with regards to how they treat Inuit people & women, & while this is certainly welcome, I only hope it doesn't regress to a "white man saviour" trope as it progresses. #netgalley 5y

Freespirit Sounds like one to look out for! (edited) 5y

Daisey I don‘t normally read crime thrillers, but you‘ve intrigued me with this review! 5y

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saresmoore Great review, friend! 5y

GatheringBooks i super love translated international lit! 5y

batsy @Freespirit @Daisey I really appreciated that it didn't just recycle clichĆ©s associated with crime fiction & attempted something thoughtful. 5y

batsy @saresmoore Thank you ā¯¤ļø¸ 5y

batsy @GatheringBooks I'm so grateful for the amazing variety of translated fiction available! 5y

Mdargusch Great review! 5y

Weaponxgirl That‘s a great review that has me interested 5y

batsy @Mdargusch Thank you :) 5y

batsy @Weaponxgirl Thank you! One of those random ARCs I requested and it was a nice surprise. 5y

Cathythoughts Love this review... ā™�ļø¸ stacked 5y

readordierachel What a title! 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts Thanks! ā¯¤ļø¸ 5y

batsy @readordierachel Very intriguing... 5y

RohitSawant Fantastic review! 5y

batsy @rohit-sawant Thanks so much :) 5y

Kaye I was just leafing through some of your past reads. You are quite a varied reader. You seem to read so many diverse books from so many genres. Are there any you don‘t like or do you try them all ? 5y

batsy @kaye I do like a wide variety and if it sounds interesting, I'll give it a try. Having said that I'm not much of a romance or fantasy reader, and steer clear from most urban paranormal books. Not quite into vampires š Also not into celeb memoirs. 5y

Kaye I don‘t do romance either. That‘d be the bottom of the list, second from bottom is fantasy and sci-fi. I‘m sure there are people who love those books. , which is great. They don‘t sound interesting to me, though. 5y

Tanisha_A Love, I have bought your books, but will take a while to send them out. š 5y

batsy @Tanisha_A Thank you š Don't worry, take all the time you need! 5y

RealLifeReading Sounds interesting! 5y

Lesliereads Beautiful....and yet, grim....a fine line to tread! 5y

batsy @RealLifeReading Very! And reignited my Greenland obsession š 5y

batsy @Lesliereads Yes! It's interesting to observe how writers try to pull it off in their work. 5y

Ms_T Fantastic review! 5y

batsy Thank you @Ms_T ! 5y

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batsy

The Girl without Skin | Mads Peder Nordbo

"If you wanted to go further than the rocky outskirts of Nuuk, you had to leave your car on the last patch of tarmac, ice or gravel and make your way on foot or by boat. No roads led out of Nuuk. No roads led into it. This applied to every town in Greenland. Nuuk was Nuuk, and the only thing surrounding the town and its sixteen thousand residents was mountains, sky, or sea."

(Pic from Google: Nuuk at night.)

batsy I've had this inexplicable obsession with Greenland since young, and was happy to be approved for this #netgalley ARC. But this fact about no roads connecting the cities and villages within Greenlandā€”because of the iceā€”has blown my mind. There are roads in Nuuk, and in other cities. Two traffic lights within Nuuk, is what I saw somewhere, but I'm not sure if that's accurate. 5y

elizabethlk I have been in a plane over the southern coast of Greenland during clear skies and daylight. It is so breathtakingly beautiful. 5y

batsy @elizabethlk Aaah, I can only imagine š¨š¨ 5y

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rockpools How fascinating! I might not be moving there though - I like an escape route š‰ 5y

DocBrown Just watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty again. Nuuk features in that feature, even though scenes were actually filmed in Iceland. 5y

batsy @RachelO I know exactly what you mean š† I'll be asking everyone I meet in Nuuk if they have a boat. 5y

batsy @mdhughes72 I've not watched that! Or read the story. I'm not sure why, I looked it up and it sounds like my kind of thing š™‚ 5y

CouronneDhiver That picture reminds me a bit of Iqaluit in Nunavut, Canada 5y

Marina_h Some places like Ittoqqortoormiit it would be difficult sailing from 9 months of the year because of the ice on the ocean. So the best escape route is a private helicopter and plane š‰ and then hoping the weather isn't so bad it's not possible flying š But Greenland is a fascinating country. 5y

Suet624 Good lord. Can you imagine? Nope. Not for me. 5y

batsy @CouronneDhiver I was looking at some pictures of Iqaluit ... I see what you mean! 5y

batsy @Marina_h So the plan now is to make friends with someone who has a helicopter, and also someone with a large cellar of spirits for when the weather is so bad and no one can go anywhere š 5y

batsy @Suet624 š† 5y

Cathythoughts Gorgeous pic 5y

batsy @Cathythoughts So mysterious and peaceful. 5y

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Callsie

The Girl without Skin | Mads Peder Nordbo

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Finished the Galley for this. Had some flaws but interesting to see more about the tensions between indigenous Greenlandic people and the Danes who colonized them. Peter Høeg‘s Smilla‘s Sense of Snow is definitely a better pick.

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