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victoriabrohus's review against another edition
5.0
This is some of the best Danish literature out there. Aidt is an absolutely wonderful author. She really captures how people are behaving like animals and how they are only thinking about their appearance. All the short stories are about those themes. The writing is not emotional at all and we almost only hear about the actions and not the thoughts of the characters, because Aidt wants to show that people only think about the outside, and not the inside today. So the theme and the form fit perfectly together. She is incredible, and so is this collection of short stories.
chessie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A strange and difficult group of stories.
hannahgadbois's review against another edition
3.0
“Tuesday morning it became clear that autumn was now on its way. There was a new coolness in the air. Drizzles later turned into hail. But between showers there was also intermittent golden sunshine that made the withering leaves light up like copper. A strong scent of damp earth and rot pervaded my morning walk down the familiar walkways and paths. I was melancholic. I thought intensely about death. Summer passes so quickly and who knows if it’ll be the last. Because death is tugging at me. And I have to hold on tight with my arms and legs not to give in. It’s strange, incomprehensible, that I, who desires life with such strong intensity, have this fierce drive in me. I found myself in the green darkness of the big trees. I’m this instance, linden trees. They always make me sigh. I put a heart-shaped leaf in my pocket. I sat on the ground, dug my hands in the loam and closed my eyes. What makes me drift around so restlessly in a world that I’m unable to enter even though it gives me the greatest pleasure when it pierces me? I sat this way for a long time as it poured and the rain ran down my face and I tasted it...”
lulujoe's review against another edition
2.0
This was not my thing. It's too strange, too nonsensey and too free with its grammar. Almost every story in here went over my head in some way and I don't want to have to read into every little detail in a story to understand it's meaning.
thankbookitstuesday's review against another edition
2.0
I wanted to like this. I felt like it was “weird for the sake of weird” without evoking any emotion for me other than “???”. The stories lacked flow and the structure was choppy.