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moonrivernotes's review
4.0
4☆ — what a beautifully-written memoir on childhood and its inherent helplessness, when you feel like everything perfect is constantly just out of reach. its very first paragraph was enough to immerse me in the narrative and i identified a familiar something in tove ditlevsen's memory of childhood- an antithesis of the popular image of childhood as laughter and sunshine, or just in general as a time where there was Nothing To Do. her childhood was filled with bitterness, short-lived pleasures, and the occasional hope. she doesn't mince words or over describe anything, but at the same time she manages to get her message across in a manner that feels lyrical at times. her story is by no means a perfectly happy one but she makes her points bravely and for at least that alone i think this one is worth a read
cloverstone11's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
manorclassics's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.0
This was my first work by Ditllevson. I haven't read any of her novels or poetry, but I was drawn to the Copenhagen Trilogy because I enjoy autobiography and memoir and I wanted to compare it to Tolstoy's similarly titled set of three novellas. Tolstoy's are semi-autobiographical, and both first books are called Childhood, but there is really no similarity between the two. I enjoyed getting back to back perspectives of different childhoods, though. I enjoyed Ditlevson's writing and her story and I look forward to continuing the series.