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The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas

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tregina's review against another edition

5.0

This is another book that I'm not sure how to talk about, as though I'm missing the vocabulary to express what it made me think and how it made me feel. There's a fascinating intensity throughout the whole thing, whether it was coming from the young girls or from the ice palace itself or the tension in the community after what happened. (I also have an intense fear of iceburgs which, while not directly relevant, almost certainly feed into the tension I was feeling). Ultimately, it made me think about how relationships and other people are hard to understand when we're young, but that's also when we're at our most fearless. Honestly, I just can't stop thinking about it.

packrat00's review

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

cranberry__sauce's review against another edition

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5.0

"No one can witness the fall of the ice palace. It takes place at night, after all the children are in bed. … Now the palace, with all its secrets, goes into the waterfall. There is a violent struggle, and then it has gone."

jschonbachler's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

franklin56709's review

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adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

cilie's review against another edition

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2.0

Ikke sikker på at jeg forstod denne bog. På overfladen handler den om to piger, Un og Sis der et halvt års tid efter Un er flyttet byen mødes uden for skoletiden en enkelt gang. Dagen efter forsvinder Un. Dette rammer Sis meget voldsomt.

Måske skete der noget den ene aften på Uns værelse som jeg bare ikke for stod, eller også opstod der et meget stærkt bånd mellem de to piger på en times tid... Det sidste er total urealistisk i min verden, og jeg vælger at tro at jeg må være gået glip af noget der stod mellem linjerne. Problemet er at jeg så ikke forstå Sis motivation gennem resten af fortællingen.

Den er egentlig fint nok skrevet, men gav ikke rigtig mening for mig.