"The Deep" by Alma Katsu. Oh boy. The 'paranormal mystery' that was absolutely obvious before you even hit the middle of the book. The author's attempts to write something feminist, while, simultaneously, making all but one of her female characters talk exclusively about men and babies. The sheer stupidity of all the other characters. "The Deep" partially takes place on Titanic and I actually couldn't wait for it to sink, so at least some of these fictional people would die.
I had the same dream since I was like 13 or 14 and I moved to Denmark 3 years ago. Copenhagen is amazing and I love to travel around the rest of the Nordics to see nature there (especially Norway).
Maybe 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith?
'Drive your plow over the bones of the dead' by Olga Tokarczuk
"Mrs Mohr Goes Missing" by Maryla Szymiczkowa (pseudonym of Jacek Dehnel and Piotr Tarczyński, who wrote it together and privately are a couple).
It's the first book in a Polish crime series, set in the late XIXth century Cracow. The main character is this conservative, respectable housewife, who loves to get herself involved in crime investigations.
The whole series is very well researched & gives you a great insight into how people lived back then, what they ate etc. It's also really funny but still has that 'horror lurking behind' vibe - lots of crime, greed and violence behind the mask of respectability and religiousness.
"A field guide to getting lost"
Definitely! I loved the first one but couldn't finish the second, did you read it? I just felt like it lacked that awesome vibe and got bored quickly :/
It was my first post here and I got so many great recommendations, thank you all so much! 💜
One of my favourite books 😊
Thanks, I never heard of it but it sounds great!
Thanks! I got it recommended a couple of times but I didn't know it would fit this vibe, now I'm definitely reading it!
Thanks, I read it a couple of years ago & some other Lindqvist books, he has a great way of building atmosphere 😊
"War of the Ancients" trilogy by Richard A. Knaak
I bought it in Tokyo, it was some small shop in Harajuku.
Have you seen this duck?
copenhagen