(Drivebycuriosity) - A while ago I enjoyed the psychological thriller "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins (my review ) - and later the movie adaption with Emily Blunt ( review). Therefore I gave another book by the author a try: "The Blue Hour" ( amazon).
An employee of an art gallery, who is obsessed with the work of a late female artist, travels to a remote island where the artist had lived to investigate about her estate. There he has to a deal with an uncooperative woman who has been somewhat connected with the artist and still has control over the artist`s works (this is a spoiler free blog).
The plot develops very slowly and in several threads, following the art gallery employee and parallelly the woman on the island, blended with the diary of the late artist (this is spoiler free blog). The storyline focuses first on the artwork and expanses then to the complex personal lives of all participates, becoming more and more mysterious and violent.
I have problems with the characters, especially with the males, who are either creeps & violent or meek & overtrusting. The dramatic finally is obviously written for the big screen.
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