![]() ![]() This book felt Gothic in nature and has been compared to Jane Eyre and Rebecca. The landscape and winter season are just as much a character in this book. This book is hauntingly atmospheric, cold and foreboding. I love books set in harsh bleak cold environments. But is he really an evil man or just a closed off one? Did he harm his first wife? Was his strange wandering first wife a witch or a troubled woman? Can loneliness drive a person mad? What tricks does our mind play on us when we hear things that go bump in the night? ![]() Even the women in the village caution Rosa about her husband. ![]() Plus, there are rumors about the death of his first wife and why he buried her at night without informing the villagers. Rosa is lonely and frightened as she hears sounds from above, she becomes anxious and knows that something is amiss. The villagers are not very welcoming, and her new husband has many rules such as don't talk to the villagers, do not question him, do as he says, and oh yes, don't ever try to enter the locked loft room. ![]() Without a provider, Rosa has little choice but to marry Jón Eiríksson and move with him to the remote village of Stykkishólmur. Even the creator cannot unmake the past." Prayers fall like pebbles from my lips, and still the Lord is silent. "Sometimes I wonder if God hears my grief. Then, there is the threat of being labeled a witch…. When you can't marry someone, you have feelings for as he/she might be a social class above or below you. When marriage is not a choice but a means of survival. ![]()
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