Review: Chilling
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2013
This novel gave me exactly what I want from a thriller-discomfort. From the second page, you're nervous, and she keeps you in that state of paranoia right through to the end and doesn't disappoint in the action stakes. People are surprised that a woman could write action and suspense so well and back it up with scientific credibility but this genre is as effortless for Larkin as being on ice is for the protagonist. A truly thrilling (and chilling-anybody else snuggle deeper into the doona?) read. I love the relationship between the protagonist and the environment he inhabits. I don't know if I'm in love with Antarctica now or terrified of it-but I think that's the point.