Book Review
Dec. 20th, 2017 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariAvailable Dark
by Elizabeth Hand
This is the sequel to Generation Loss, and it is even better. Shortly after the events of the first book, Cass receives a photo from an old lover and a strange job offer to go to Helsinki to appraise a series of photos by a brilliant Finnish photographer on behalf of a potential buyer. The unusual nature of the photos and a series of gruesome murders plunges Cass into the midst of a mystery wrapped up in Norse myth, Scandinavian black metal, and dark pasts.
I found Available Dark extremely fascinating, given my relatively newfound taste for black metal and longstanding interest in myth and folklore. The narrative has a rather slow build, but once things start coming to a head, it's quite the ride. The characters were wonderful, especially Ilkka the photographer, and Galdur, the reclusive guitarist. And I really wish I could see those photos.
by Elizabeth Hand
This is the sequel to Generation Loss, and it is even better. Shortly after the events of the first book, Cass receives a photo from an old lover and a strange job offer to go to Helsinki to appraise a series of photos by a brilliant Finnish photographer on behalf of a potential buyer. The unusual nature of the photos and a series of gruesome murders plunges Cass into the midst of a mystery wrapped up in Norse myth, Scandinavian black metal, and dark pasts.
I found Available Dark extremely fascinating, given my relatively newfound taste for black metal and longstanding interest in myth and folklore. The narrative has a rather slow build, but once things start coming to a head, it's quite the ride. The characters were wonderful, especially Ilkka the photographer, and Galdur, the reclusive guitarist. And I really wish I could see those photos.
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Date: 2017-12-21 04:30 am (UTC)Same. Available Dark is far and away my favorite Hand novel so far; I still need to read Hard Light.
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Date: 2017-12-21 02:53 pm (UTC)Waking the Moon is still my favorite, but Available Dark is a very close second.