* 1 star
I did not like this book at all. I thought it was pretty boring and a pretty standard mystery with few surprises. I expected to like the main character and the unusual setting but I actually liked neither. I did not connect with the bleak landscape or care about the history. I think I found the main character so unlikeable, I didn't care much what she had to say about her field of expertise.
Ruth's self-loathing was pretty hard to take and unrealistic. The morals of pretty much all the characters were gross. The casual "romances" (if that's what they were) were baffling and did not seem to serve much purpose. Perhaps only to set up the characters for future books, which I, thankfully, will not have to read.
I also very much disliked the lack of respect toward conventional religion. I get that it was supposed to be a characteristic of several of the characters but it was so ham-handed and awkward, it was clear to me it was part of the author's own personal agenda. Did not like this book and had to force myself to finish it.
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