Drowned
by Therese Bohman
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Critic Rating
67%
Critic Reviews: 13
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2%
Reader Ratings: 29
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Synopsis
Drowned, set in the idyllic countryside during a short-lived Swedish summer, gets under one's skin from the first page, creating an atmosphere of foreboding in which even the perfume of freshly picked vegetables roasting in the kitchen becomes ominous. On the surface, the story couldn't be simpler. A single young woman visits her older sister, who is married to a writer as charismatic as he is violent. As the young woman falls under her brother-in-law's... more
About Therese Bohman
- All Critics: 13
- Positive: 10
- Negative: 3
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Kirkus Reviews | 15 Apr 2012
A tale of identity and tense personal relationships, one that as a film property would have appealed to Hitchcock or de Palma.
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The Coffin Factory | 18 May 2012
...Therese Bohman’s Drowned is a flawless story written in razor sharp prose, and is extremely hard to put down.
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Publishers Weekly | 19 Mar 2012
The seasonal and structural changes are deliberately understated and carry emotional weight into the climax, which Bohman deftly makes both foregone and suspenseful, leaving the reader wondering if everyone was doomed from the start.
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Swedish Book Review
This concise psychological thriller is a chilling, atmospheric debut...beautifully, if self-consciously, crafted...An unsettling, open ending makes this story all the more queasily memorable.
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Boston Bibliophile | 21 Aug 2012
If you're in the mood for a good, atmospheric, genuinely scary domestic mystery...Drowned is the creep-out read of the summer.
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BookSexy | 21 Jul 2012
There’s nothing cookie cutter or trite about the plot – and the writing is exceptional...among the best of debut novels I’ve encountered this year.
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The Lonely Owl | 11 May 2012
A simply written, somewhat chilling novel, Drowned left me wanting more...the ending didn’t quite satisfy. I felt like it ended just when it was getting suspenseful.
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Rebecca Howden | 4 Aug 2012
Drowned is an almost-perfect first novel, with a compelling intensity that works perfectly with the languid beauty of its language.
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Herald Sun | 18 Apr 2012
This is an artful psychological thriller, and utterly riveting, as it delves into the dark side of lust, sex and obsession.
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She Treads Softly Blog | 9 May 2012
... this translation of Drowned done by Marlaine Delargy...was very well written. It is a short novel that leaves a big impact.
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Reviewing the Evidence
...from the outset, it took hold of me and I read it through to the end barely without a pause...supple and effective and frequently mesmerizing.
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Tzer Island | 28 May 2012
The story seems incomplete... in the end, it isn't enough to make the novel succeed. Although there are many aspects of Drowned that I appreciated, it ultimately left me frustrated, in a state of torpor.
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Country Chick-City Chic | 24 May 2012
The first half of this book rather languishes but the second part picks up as the mystery deepens, though it ultimately disappoints.
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