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The Sanatorium
by Sarah Pearse
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When @reesewitherspoon picked The Sanatorium , I had no reason to not give it a try. But reading The Sanatorium pretty much was like watching a bad horror movie where the characters get themselves into trouble willingly. It was almost funny if it wasn't for the chilling setting of the story. Considering all the high praise this has received, I went in with high expectations but what disappointed me the most was how in spite of having immense potential, this book failed to stay afloat. The story was perfect. A new luxury hotel is built in the Swiss Alps causing quite a stir amidst the people for all the wrong reasons. The fact that the hotel is built on a previously abandoned Sanatorium doesn't go well with people who carry out protests to stop the construction. But the hotel is built and underneath all the glamour and sleekness, there's a presence of something morbid.
Elin Warner is on a break from her work as a police officer due to a previous case gone wrong. It left her with PTSD and her childhood doesn't really help her situation. When Elin and her boyfriend Will are invited to the luxury hotel to celebrate her brother Isaac's engagement, she has to push back her hostility towards him and try to be friendly. Elin is still worried about Isaac's possible hand in the death of their brother Sam and the new situation at the hotel doesn't make things any easier for her. When an avalanche sets in, the guests are trapped inside the hotel for days. When people go missing and bodies appear, Elin reluctantly takes charge to solve the crime by hiding about her break from work from the Swiss police. Things get heated quickly as more characters are thrown in to keep the readers intruiged. I would have loved this book if it wasn't for the protagonist herself. Elin kept running around in circles because of her troubled past. This was so repetitive that I almost felt like abandoning the book. I also had an inkling about who the culprit might be so that was another letdown.
The Sanatorium would have been a stellar thriller if only it didn't appear so much like a badly shot Scream movie.
3/5.
When @reesewitherspoon picked The Sanatorium , I had no reason to not give it a try. But reading The Sanatorium pretty much was like watching a bad horror movie where the characters get themselves into trouble willingly. It was almost funny if it wasn't for the chilling setting of the story. Considering all the high praise this has received, I went in with high expectations but what disappointed me the most was how in spite of having immense potential, this book failed to stay afloat. The story was perfect. A new luxury hotel is built in the Swiss Alps causing quite a stir amidst the people for all the wrong reasons. The fact that the hotel is built on a previously abandoned Sanatorium doesn't go well with people who carry out protests to stop the construction. But the hotel is built and underneath all the glamour and sleekness, there's a presence of something morbid.
Elin Warner is on a break from her work as a police officer due to a previous case gone wrong. It left her with PTSD and her childhood doesn't really help her situation. When Elin and her boyfriend Will are invited to the luxury hotel to celebrate her brother Isaac's engagement, she has to push back her hostility towards him and try to be friendly. Elin is still worried about Isaac's possible hand in the death of their brother Sam and the new situation at the hotel doesn't make things any easier for her. When an avalanche sets in, the guests are trapped inside the hotel for days. When people go missing and bodies appear, Elin reluctantly takes charge to solve the crime by hiding about her break from work from the Swiss police. Things get heated quickly as more characters are thrown in to keep the readers intruiged. I would have loved this book if it wasn't for the protagonist herself. Elin kept running around in circles because of her troubled past. This was so repetitive that I almost felt like abandoning the book. I also had an inkling about who the culprit might be so that was another letdown.
The Sanatorium would have been a stellar thriller if only it didn't appear so much like a badly shot Scream movie.
3/5.