Reviews

• “Sigurdardottir has written an excellent and seriously scary mystery with tangible and supernatural elements that will appeal to fans of John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In).”

• “A meticulously plotted supernatural thriller /…/ …the author draws both strands of her story together for an unpredictable finale that blends the best aspects of the tale of mystery and the tale of the supernatural.”

• “Iceland's queen of suspense combines modern crime detection with mysticism to chilling effect. /…/ Sigurdardottir skillfully builds the early ominous warnings to the point that readers find themselves shouting to Katrin to cut her losses and go home, as the unexplained becomes terrifying. Nordic mystery writers can raise goosebumps as few others can, and Sigurdardottir shows she's one of the best.”

• “I REMEMBER YOU is slow-burning, immersive, utterly chilling suspense—I was glued to this book from the first page to the last.”

• “I have a read a lot of horror fiction, and a lot of psychological suspense books, and I Remember You ranks among the scariest, right up there with the best of Stephen King and Peter Straub. It's that good. And that scary. And, ultimately, that moving.”

• “Bestselling Icelandic author Yrsa Sigurdardóttir surpasses her previous top-sellers with this supernatural crime thriller. /…/ Now, in I Remember You, Yrsa will stun readers once again with this out-of-this-world ghost story that will leave you shivering. /…/ In the vein of John Ajvide Lindqvist, this horrifying thriller is the scariest novel yet from Yrsa Sigurdardóttir.”

• “Top five horror books to keep you up late this Halloween… One of the best, most terrifying ghost tales in recent memory. I Remember You is partially a mystery, but it's primarily an eerie ghost story about missing children, an isolated house in the Icelandic fjords, love, bullies and loss. It is a horror novel with almost no gore; author Sigurdardóttir chills with sounds and smells and shadows, not blood.”

• “If you want to be kept awake at night, I’d recommend Yrsa Sigurdardóttir's I Remember You.”

• “A chilling ghost story /…/ the queen of Icelandic crime writing swerves into new territory with I Remember You – a don't-read-it-in-the-dark ghost story /…/ Things get seriously scary.”

• “Yrsa Sigurdardóttir's chillers get better and better. I Remember You is a truly creepy combination of haunted house story and modern detection in Iceland.”

• “Expertly woven together, with plenty of cliffhangers and perfect control of the macabre mood: intriguing, entertaining, and very spooky indeed.”

• “Genuinely bone-chilling, and proves that as well as being the queen of Icelandic crime fiction, Sigurdardóttir is a supreme generator of fear /…/[she] is clearly relishing the business of scaring our pants off.”

• “It is everything it should be, compulsive, intriguing, scary, convoluted, twisting and eventually totally satisfying /…/ First class.”

• “Sigurdardóttir intertwines these plotlines brilliantly and the two creepy strands gradually tighten together to really give the reader the heebie-jeebies. The author comes from a crime and thriller background and you can tell: there are cliff-hangers at the end of almost every chapter and she expertly ramps up the feeling of dread as the plot accelerates and all in the book find themselves in mortal danger.”

• “A chilling read, perfect for a dark night.”

• “A true rollercoaster of a chiller… This is very different from the Nordic crime one might expect. /…/ A horror with a whodunit sensibility, this is a must-buy for Halloween and beyond.”

• “Some horror novels convey a creeping sense of dread, some a feeling of disgust, and others real fear. This one does all three, and does it with such conviction that it's hard to remember it's not real… A fast-paced, stomach-churning ghost story that will rattle your cage.”

• “Not just another thriller – this is one of the most spooky reads you could wish for.”

• “Sigurdardóttir indulges in plenty of bump-in-the-night scares and cliffhanger chapter endings.”

• “Publishers and blurb writers are competing to hail the new monarch of Nordic crime fiction… I would be tempted to offer a name not from the obvious crime soil of Sweden or Norway, but from bleak and moody Iceland. /…/ A chiller-thriller of immense scariness… Not to be read alone after dark.”

• “…as predictable as a smoldering volcano.”

• “You need strong nerves to get through this novel in one piece…”

• “Very elegantly executed. The criminal aspect itself is first class crime fiction. In addition comes the strangeness, the ghosts, the unexplained eeriness that causes you to feel bony fingers touching your shoulders. The whole book is cleverly conceived and written with cunning care. It works both as intrigue, as criminal suspense and as horror.”

• “I Remember You is certainly worth reading and it is rare that you notice your body tremble in suspense when reading crime novels, but this book is at times really creepy. I'm looking forward to the movie and the next book from Yrsa Sigurdardóttir.”

• “Like a breath of fresh air in the world of crime fiction, the unease crawls under the skin and creates intense suspense from the first to the last page of this thriller-like suspense novel.”

• “Yrsa's best book.”

• “Powerful – Yrsa's best book.”

• “Hair-rising!”

• “Well-structured and extremely suspenseful. Yrsa's best book.”

• “Yrsa's best book, yet. First class novel which is impossible to put down. Horrifyingly suspenseful.”