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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a macabre read.
We meet the most dysfunctional (modern) family I’ve encountered so far, and then we get a convincing portrayal of insanity. The end, I hadn’t expected at all.
Very intense reading experience.
“But what was real in this world, and what was not real? Wasn’t it a kind of sickness that people could walk around holding onto their own ego? — that whole chaos of voices, faces, and memories that they only dared to let slip from themselves drop by drop, and never could be certain of retrieving again.”
We meet the most dysfunctional (modern) family I’ve encountered so far, and then we get a convincing portrayal of insanity. The end, I hadn’t expected at all.
Very intense reading experience.
“But what was real in this world, and what was not real? Wasn’t it a kind of sickness that people could walk around holding onto their own ego? — that whole chaos of voices, faces, and memories that they only dared to let slip from themselves drop by drop, and never could be certain of retrieving again.”
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ingen skriver som Ditlevsen gör: självklart och rättframt utan att man skrivs på näsan. Använder liknelser som ingen annan skulle tänka på att skriva och utvecklar ett unikt berättarspråk som ger läsaren en inblick i huvudet på en sinnessjuk.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: War
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
Fantastic writing, chilling story. Very The Bell Jar esque. I liked it a lot, but i did find it quite chaotic (this is most likely the whole point though). I feel like this is the kind of book that will get better over time as i digest it properly. The main character hyper fixates on faces which was so weird, but also worked SUPER well to paint a picture of her mental state through the story.
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes