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A Scandinavian Christmas: Festive Tales for a Nordic Noël by Selma Lagerlöf, Hans Christian Andersen, Karl Ove Knausgård, Vigdis Hjorth

juttaleupe's review

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

naomileunis's review

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4.0

3.75*

dani_thebookdragon's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

littlemissgemreads's review

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

hannahrhian's review against another edition

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Too much to do and read before Christmas. Will pick up again in December 2024

littlecogs's review

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I was hoping for cozy stories and these were more weird than cozy

lydiajoreads's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

maeriaen's review

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

myadventurewithbooks's review

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fast-paced

3.0

books_doodles's review

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3.0

 Given I didn’t do research about the contents of this collection... so, my expectations could have been misplaced. But, looking at the title, and the subtitle: “Festive Tales for a Nordic Noël”, I was expecting a more themed collection. Regarding traditions, cultural details, mythology, legends, you know… 

Instead, in my perspective, this collection is more a collection of short stories written by scandinavian authors... and just that...

Still, I enjoyed some of them, and here they are: 

 “The Fur Coat” by Hjalmar Söderberg, Sweden 

“The Forest Witch” by Johan Krohn, Denmark 

“The Legend of the Christmas Rose” by Selma Lagerlöf, Sweden 

Please let me know if this is a “me problem”, and you don’t see as I do!