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This is a novel which takes place on an island in Iceland. The island has only 10 inhabitants. The residents hire a young woman named Una to teach two young girls. There is a mystery surrounding the island. In an area where darkness is the norm during the winter, living can be depressing. I did enjoy the novel. The town residents were not very friendly and not characters I would want to have contact with. 4/5⭐️

Atmospheric thriller set in a remote village of 10 in Iceland. Una moves there to teach the town's two children. It's a ghost story--or is it? Una has some mental health issues, which are worsened by the darkness and isolation. Is her host's house haunted? Are the villagers hiding some secret that involves two mysterious children's deaths decades apart? Or are the villagers just average unwelcoming hermits, and Una is unravelling? #foodandlit

Such a sense of isolation and depression overcoming the main character. I find this interesting for #foodandlit because it evokes what is probably a uniquely Icelandic mileau--tiny, dying fishing village where the lack of sunshine throws many into mental crisis, few people interested in befriending a newcomer, within an island nation with few outsiders. Una seems more unstable all the time. Photo is the actual village.

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Just checked out a few Icelandic thrillers for this month's #foodandlit. Starting with this one, which begins with a substitute teacher barely making ends meet in the city intrigued by a want ad: "Teacher wanted at the edge of the world."

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Thoroughly enjoyed both of these!

A perfect night to start a new book set in Iceland, because it is COLD here in the northeastern US!! 🥶🥶🥶

Enjoying this dark mystery taking place in Iceland. It‘s about a teacher named Una starting over in a little remote town where the villagers are unfriendly and nothing is as it seems. Una starts having nightmares of a little girl in a little white dress. I will leave you with this cliffhanger… lol #ragnarjonasson #icelandmystery #icelandicthriller

This is technically a thriller but it has a pretty strong ghost presence in it say I'm counting it as horror. Spooky isolated Icelandic towns and a decades-old mystery make for some creepy late-night listening.

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Cold, dark, stormy and atmospheric The Girl Who Died is a quiet little ghost story with an unusual mystery mixed in. Strong characters and set in a town with ten residents, read this on a rainy day!
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Well what a dark and atmospheric read this was. You really get a sense of the lonely, isolated location. The plot is interesting though I was expecting a slightly more dramatic ending. That being said it worked well and the story kept me turning pages. The ending was interesting and thought provoking. it leaves you wondering what you would do in Una's place. I can't say I overly liked Una too much focussed too much on her drinking. #Netgalley 3*

This was so good! Just what I needed. Great pacing and just the right level of creepy! This may be my favourite of Ragnar‘s works. Translated brilliantly by Victoria Cribb.