Name: Noorderlicht
ISBN: 9789461094810

Mariska Overman

Noor is Nederlands. Frode is Deens. Magnus is Engels. Katja is Duits. Ze hebben elkaar ontmoet op een online literair forum. Een van hen had een idee. Nu bevinden ze zich op een zeilschip in de ijzige winterkou van Noorwegen. Net als de andere passagiers zijn ze op zoek naar het befaamde noorderlicht. Maar ze zijn ook op zoek naar een slachtoffer: iemand moet dood. Dat hebben ze afgesproken. Maar zo simpel blijkt het niet te zijn.

Noorderlicht

Marloes

** spoiler alert **
           Noor, Frode, Katja & Magnus meet on a literary online forum. They come up with the idea to kill someone. The big question? How guilty do you feel afterwards? They sign up for an eight-day sailing trip to Norway and decide that one of the passengers must die. 

The story is told from the perspective of Noor. It’s a mixed media story. The chapters are being alternated between the trip itself, the chat between them before the trip started, and the televised ‘interview’ with some of the passengers after it all took place. The chapters are short and the alternation between the chapters makes it a quick paced story, which was absolutely needed as not a lot is happening overall. 

What annoyed me most from the writing of this book was the inconsistency of the use of Dutch proverbs. There are a total of 13 people on board of the ship and only two of them are Dutch. However, the narrative of all the other people was written as if they all were Dutch as well. 

Another issue I had with this one was the mentioning of the COVID-19 outbreak. I get that the story took place right before everything that’s happening in the world started, but I am reading as a form of escapism and especially now, I don’t want to read about COVID. 

The book wasn’t bad by any means. I quite enjoyed the setting and it’s a quick read, but I don’t think I would necessarily call this one a thriller.

Noorderlicht

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