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* NOW A NETFLIX FILM * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *
A spellbinding Swedish novel that follows a young indigenous woman as she struggles to defend her family’s reindeer herd and culture amidst xenophobia, climate change, and a devious hunter whose targeted kills are considered mere theft in the eyes of the law.
On a winter day north of the Arctic Circle, nine-year-old Elsa—daughter of Sámi reindeer herders—sees a man brutally kill her beloved reindeer calf and threaten her into silence. When her father takes her to report the crime, local police tell them that there is nothing they can do about these “stolen” animals. Killings like these are classified as theft in the reports that continue to pile up, uninvestigated. But reindeer are not just the Sámi’s livelihood, they also hold spiritual significance; attacking a reindeer is an attack on the culture itself.
Ten years later, hatred and threats against the Sámi keep escalating, and more reindeer are tortured and killed in Elsa’s community. Finally, she’s had enough and decides to push back on the apathetic police force. The hunter comes after her this time, leading to a catastrophic final confrontation.
Based on real events, Ann-Helén Laestadius’s award-winning novel Stolen is part coming-of-age story, part love song to a disappearing natural world, and part electrifying countdown to a dramatic resolution—a searing depiction of a forgotten part of Sweden.
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Horrible narrator in this audible book
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Snow falls softly outside Molly Bradley’s home on a frigid January night. Inside, half a dozen close friends are gathered to celebrate the fortieth birthday of Molly’s psychologist husband, Jay. Candlelight gleams against dark wood, wine flows, and the house rings with laughter. Everybody loves Jay, Molly most of all. Yet next morning, Molly discovers Jay dead on the floor of his office, his throat brutally slashed.
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3 And One Half Stars
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Well written but frustrating storyline
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The Nightmare Man
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Anthony Award-winning author William Kent Krueger crafts this riveting tale about a small Minnesota town’s ex-sheriff who is having trouble retiring his badge. Cork O’Connor loses his job after being blamed for a tragedy on the local Anishinaabe Indian reservation. But he must set aside his personal demons when a young boy goes missing on the same day a judge commits suicide—and no one but O’Connor suspects foul play.
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Great New Series
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The Current
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In the dead of winter, outside a small Minnesota town, state troopers pull two young women and their car from the icy Black Root River. One is found downriver, drowned, while the other is found at the scene - half-frozen but alive. What happened was no accident, and news of the crime awakens the community's memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river 10 years earlier and whose killer may still live among them.
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Exceeded my expectations in every way
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Cold Pursuit
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Secret Service agent Jo Harper springs into action when the daughter of a murdered ambassador mysteriously goes missing in the mountains of New England. Despite their differences, she enlists local tracker Elijah Cameron to aid her in the search. He suspects the girl doesn't want to be found, but Jo's fears about foul play prove correct when they encounter a killer on the trail.
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Good romantic suspense
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The house on Old Mill Road has stood in an open field for longer than Jesse Wells has been alive, its crooked windows and jutting turret tormenting the kids of Warsaw, Michigan the way only a haunted house knows how. Everyone imagines that something terrible lurks within the house’s abandoned rooms - especially Jesse and his two closest friends, Casey and Reed. But when Reed chooses the house as a backdrop for his own suicide, childhood ghost stories are transformed into a nightmare that sends Jesse into a downward spiral of grief.
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DNF. Quit halfway through. A slog.
- By Smart, AZ on 07-10-22
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- Colorfulspinner
- 03-01-23
Stolen.
This book reads like a biography of a people I never knew existed. The emotional trama that is apart of their everyday existence. It is a well written book with a story that needs to be told.
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- Tia Keobounpheng
- 02-09-23
Powerful, Modern Story
As an American Sámi descendent, it was powerful to hear a modern story that ties so clearly to a long history of an enduring people. Vibrant characters and descriptions of place that brought me right back to Swedish Sápmi.
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- Barbara S
- 02-19-23
Learn about the Sami people
I have mixed feelings about Ann-Helen Laestadius’ “Stolen”. I listened to the audio, narrated by Jade Wheeler. It’s advertised as a “Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbo” story. I believe it’s far more Louise Erdrich. Because of the advertisement, I expected a dark and gritty story. I expected a sinister narrator, or a narrator with a foreboding lilt. Narrator Jade Wheeler could be used in any Judy Blume books; she has that sweet, girl next-door sort of voice. If I read it, as opposed to listening, I might have gotten the Nesbo vibe.
On to the good stuff: I was very pleased to learn about the Sami reindeer herders in Sweden. This is an excellent story for those who are interested in this indigenous group and interested in the daily mechanisms of reindeer herding. It’s a brutal life. Because of the isolating nature of the herding life, mental health issues are abundant. Suicide is something all Sami families have endured. I learned of the social prejudices against the Samis, including racism. Author Laestadius is of Sami descent and used actual events occurring in the Sapmi territory, which allowed authenticity. The Sami population is around 80,000 and roam the Arctic areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. For centuries the Samis have been repressed by national governments involving stealing their land rights and allowing enterprises, such as those timber and mineral distraction on their herding routes. This has resulted in impacting climate change harming the reindeer herds. Even their native language has been repressed.
The plus side of listening to the audio was narrator Jade Wheeler’s authentic Sami voice in phrases and words. Shout-out to translator Willson-Broyles’ translation. In translating into the English language, she integrates the Sami language into the story, allowing authenticity to the story. Sami words grace the text.
The story revolves around a Sami girl Elsa, who is 9 at the start of the story. She witnesses a horrendous killing of her reindeer calf. The perpetrator threatened to kill her and her family if she told anyone. That trauma follows Elsa through adulthood. The authorities look at the killing of reindeer as a theft; the Sami view it as murder and a hate crime against their way of life.
“Stolen” won the Swedish reader-voted Book of the Year Prize in 2021. It’s going to be made into a Netflix film. This novel has allowed growing awareness of Sweden’s responsibility for the treatment of the Sami.
This is an excellent story that brings focus to a little-known indigenous community. I do enjoy learning about cultures I have had no previous knowledge. It’s a powerful story that illuminated the trials of the Sami culture.
If you get the audio, abandon the Jo Nesbo vibe. Appreciate the authentic Sami language! Learn about reindeer herding and the plight of the Sami people.
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- Mary Marsey
- 04-16-23
Narration
The story was interesting, but the narration was really slow. I felt like I was listening to a children’s book with the F word in it.
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- SomervilleWhereElse
- 02-03-23
Great book
Well narrated book about people and places that were unfamiliar to me. I totally enjoyed it.
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- John
- 03-19-23
Poor narration and slow story
The narrator was the worst I’ve heard reading in a very choppy manner. The story revealed interesting information about the Sami culture but moved very slowly and was hard to get through.
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- Winding Cove
- 07-16-24
Can’t Get Past the Narration
While I do appreciate the narrator’s facility with the Sami language, I feel like I’m being read to by my third grade teacher. The book provides an interesting view into the Sami culture, but is w-a-y too s-l-o-w. I have a high tolerance for a slow moving story in the hands of the right author, but there’s just too much boring fluff in this book.
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- Winsome
- 09-03-23
The marketing for this book is misleading
This is a very interesting book, but it’s hardly “Louise Erdrich meets Jo Nesbo”. Yes, it deals with an indigenous culture and the challenges of following a traditional lifestyle in current times, but there’s no mystery here. Everyone knows the identity of the evil doer--it is only a matter of getting the police to act. The story falls squarely into the realm of Young Adult fiction with its coming-of-age themes, albeit in a place (northern Sweden) that few of us are familiar with. The strongest point of the book is the glimpse it gives us into the Sami people and their management of reindeer herds.
The narrator’s voice has a bit of a teenager inflection, but perhaps that’s appropriate given the age of the protagonist during the majority of the book.
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