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Ædnan by Linnea Axelsson

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andersls's review

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

susanneanette's review

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challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

sfouts's review

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emotional informative reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

darcieshultz's review

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

reads2cope's review against another edition

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5.0

But she has

been home and

not home

she has been

where her

memories were

–

They were never

in rooms or walls

but in person

in the living and dead

and in the words

with which she moved

–

Next time Grandma

I intend to wear

my kolt like you

The poetry flowed so well, I often got lost in the story and once almost missed my metro stop. The pain of losing traditional and family knowledge, the trauma and danger of assimilation, was so clearly but beautifully shown. I wish I had kept a list or family tree as I read because some of the jumps between characters and time became confusing, but I look forward to a doing that on a re-read in the future.

The ruling language

drizzled over us

Swedish words

impossible to pronounce

–

They penetrated

our clothes

coated our skin

–

That needling eye

–

a rain through