I read most of this novel over Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday and Sunday). I give it four out of five stars. Good characterizations and the author does a great job of keeping things tense at a science station in northern Greenland with small group of people. And I liked how she name-dropped The Thing — ya can't really set a story in the Arctic without recognizing that '80s flick.
Some things in the last third of the novel confused me:
- Why was Wyatt, the antagonist, so disbelieving that eels keep Sigrid alive?
- Why did Nora go underwater? To get some eels? She never went underwater before in the novel.
- When Jeane went to lock Val and Sigrid in the freezer, what were the cores? Other samples that Wyatt found?
- What did scientists synthesize eels' blood for?
Nonetheless, very good novel. Nice companion on holiday weekend.
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