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annivalo's review against another edition
4.0
- kirjailijuus, taide, parisuhde, abortti, addiktio, kontrolli ja sen menetys
- trilogian voimakkain osa
- palautti etenkin loppupuolella samanlaisten tunteiden äärelle kuin Plathin The Bell Jar
- trilogian voimakkain osa
- palautti etenkin loppupuolella samanlaisten tunteiden äärelle kuin Plathin The Bell Jar
ang44's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Tove is such an eloquent, seductively candid writer... it's so difficult, challenging, upsetting, and especially eye-opening to go through her journey of marriages, children, abortions, and the addiction that hovered over all the rest of her life. It was just a book that I couldn't put down. I find it heartbreaking to read the final chapter and see how much she struggled with maintaining her own happiness, along with learning that she passed away from an overdose. Tove Ditlevsen is such a hauntingly talented author.
luciaisalovr's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
En smuk historie om et liv.
raulbime's review
5.0
With this I’ve finished The Copenhagen Trilogy, and it was with some difficulty, I have to admit, that I held my tears back as I read the last pages. A lot happened in this final book. Tove becomes a successful writer and has to deal with the jealousy and insecurity the fame brings the men she’s with; she marries, divorces, marries again, divorces, marries again, divorces, and finds her last companion; she has children, and in between her second and third marriages develops an opioid addiction hence the title of the book. Given all this, more than the previous instalments even, it seemed that this book could dissolve into too sentimental a tale, and there is every reason for that as the writer had a difficult life, but it still maintains an extraordinary level of candour and control.
Also impressive is the seamlessness in narrative, none of the jerks and jolts as one point of life meets another—as it happens often with the memoir genre, but a wonderfully flowing story. There are harrowing parts, especially where Tove narrates of her addiction and the husband who played the big role in introducing her to demerol, chloral and methadone, using these drugs as a way to maintain control over her, and the descent into total dependency, and the struggle to break free of addiction. Definitely one of the best autobiographical works I’ve ever read and one that I won’t be forgetting any time soon.
Also impressive is the seamlessness in narrative, none of the jerks and jolts as one point of life meets another—as it happens often with the memoir genre, but a wonderfully flowing story. There are harrowing parts, especially where Tove narrates of her addiction and the husband who played the big role in introducing her to demerol, chloral and methadone, using these drugs as a way to maintain control over her, and the descent into total dependency, and the struggle to break free of addiction. Definitely one of the best autobiographical works I’ve ever read and one that I won’t be forgetting any time soon.