Not an avid reader.
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Vad är det som händer nere vid vattnet? Emelie har flytt staden för skogen och ser plötsligt en grupp människor. …
You say that “perfection is when nothing can be added and nothing removed”. This was perfection for me. The sentence are written with surgical precision and perfectly describes the story.
The story itself is a banal love story, but the way it is written and the description of the main character’s irrational behavior is realistic and compelling.
You say that “perfection is when nothing can be added and nothing removed”. This was perfection for me. The sentence are written with surgical precision and perfectly describes the story.
The story itself is a banal love story, but the way it is written and the description of the main character’s irrational behavior is realistic and compelling.
The book is a curious version of Groundhog Day. It is an interesting exploration of how one’s psyche will alter when you are trapped in a situation where you can’t escape.
I had an initial hurdle where I was too curious about the mechanics of the repeating day. All that was explained in due time. After a while I also realized it was beside the point. The book’s strength is how the character swings, wildly, between different moods and perspectives on her situation.
The language is on the poetic side and much of the book is devoted to the thoughts and feelings of the character, which is very well conveyed. The story itself doesn’t feel terribly unique, and in stories like this it is impossible to cover all inconsistencies. It’s philosophical and absurd, and I am reminded of Haruki Murakami’s books.
It’s a septology and I plan to read the …
The book is a curious version of Groundhog Day. It is an interesting exploration of how one’s psyche will alter when you are trapped in a situation where you can’t escape.
I had an initial hurdle where I was too curious about the mechanics of the repeating day. All that was explained in due time. After a while I also realized it was beside the point. The book’s strength is how the character swings, wildly, between different moods and perspectives on her situation.
The language is on the poetic side and much of the book is devoted to the thoughts and feelings of the character, which is very well conveyed. The story itself doesn’t feel terribly unique, and in stories like this it is impossible to cover all inconsistencies. It’s philosophical and absurd, and I am reminded of Haruki Murakami’s books.
It’s a septology and I plan to read the others.
Very depressing reading. It’s a fictional work, but based on the author’s experience working as a volunteer in 2016 and 2017. I have no reason to believe that this is an unlikely story, and the storytelling is very captivating as well. It’s a realistic story of the horrors people have gone through, and continue to go through, to save themselves and families. The depressing part is that there are so many more stories like this.
This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. …
The book is full of short, memorable sections that could fill any page with “thoughtful quotes”. But there is not much of a plot and the focus is more on words than a story. Which make it lack depth.
There are also quite a bit focus on gender differences and stereotyping that I disliked.
