My rating: 5 of 5 stars
SWEDISH REVIEW
Tolvåriga Tom Fletcher och hans familj har precis flyttat till det lilla samhället Heptonclough i utkanten av en vidsträckt hed. Familjen verkar äntligen ha funnit sitt drömhem. Men snart rämnar fernissan. Tom börjar höra röster och ser en underlig flicka smyga omkring vid kyrkogården. Han är övertygad om att han är förföljd.
De vuxna i Toms närhet försöker hjälpa honom, inklusive psykiatrikern Evi Oliver och samhällets nye kyrkoherde, Harry Laycock.
Men det visar sig snart att något inte står rätt till i Heptonclough. Det som familjen Fletcher till en början trodde var busstreck visar sig vara rena hot. Och när Toms yngre syskon Milly och Joe försvinner blir mardrömmen verklighet.
Men det visar sig snart att något inte står rätt till i Heptonclough. Det som familjen Fletcher till en början trodde var busstreck visar sig vara rena hot. Och när Toms yngre syskon Milly och Joe försvinner blir mardrömmen verklighet.
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Sedan har vi bokens själva berättelse, den mystiska flickan som Tom ser och den underliga kyrkan. För att inte glömma alla de döda flickorna. Sedan får vi givetvis inte glömma byns skumma ritualer, mellan varven trodde jag hela byn var ond som filmen The Wicker Man från 1973. Jag förväntade mig inte alls slutet, det tog mig verkligen på sängen att få reda på vem som låg bakom allting och varför.
Ond Skörd är definitivt en av de bästa böcker jag har läst detta år och jag rekommenderar den varmt!
Tack till Modernista för recensionsexemplaret!
Sharon Bolton has quickly become one of my favorite authors and Blood Harvest is definitely one of the best she has written. Right from the start is the book quite chilling and mysterious and it keeps being that for the entirely book all the way to the shocking ending. But, fortunately, there are lighter moments thanks to psychiatrist Evi Oliver and the Vicar Harry Laycock. They hit off from the first moments and after that every time they met the sparks fly. What can I say I love my murder mysteries with a bit of romance. However, not everything is going smoothly between them, she's having a patient that is quite sweet on the good Vicar.
ENGLISH REVIEW
She's been watching us for a while now...
Now you see her
Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived.
Now you don't
Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church. Is he the only one who sees the strange, solitary child playing there? And what is she trying to tell him?
Now you run
There's a new vicar in town - Harry. But menacing events suggest he isn't welcome. What terrible secret is this town hiding?
Sometimes I wish that she'd just leave me in peace.
Now you see her
Gillian is haunted by the disappearance of her little girl two years ago. A devastating fire burned down their home, but she remains convinced her daughter survived.
Now you don't
Ten year old Tom lived by a neglected church. Is he the only one who sees the strange, solitary child playing there? And what is she trying to tell him?
Now you run
There's a new vicar in town - Harry. But menacing events suggest he isn't welcome. What terrible secret is this town hiding?
Sometimes I wish that she'd just leave me in peace.
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Then we have the heart of the book, the mysterious girl that Tom sees and the strange church. And, what about the dead girls? Not to mention the village old strange rituals. I kid you not, there were times I thought that the whole village was evil, kind of like the movie The Wicker Man from 1973. I did not expect the ending, I was actually a bit blindsided to whom could be behind it all and the reason for everything was shocking!
Blood Harvest is one of the best books I've read this year and I recommend it warmly!
Blood Harvest is one of the best books I've read this year and I recommend it warmly!
Thanks to Modernista for the review copy!
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