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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
A Beautiful story about a group of teens growing in a rather harsh environment in Oslo. The books tells of their expirience wuth crime, drugs, gang violence and more. We learn to know the charackters and get invested in how life actually is for them.
Its written in ethnolect, wich makes the read so much more real
Its written in ethnolect, wich makes the read so much more real
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Violence
wie darüber reden ohne zu klingen wie kolumnen im feuilleton über haftbefehl 2013?
#netgalley
Back in the Day is an unflinching, razor-sharp portrayal of life on the margins, told through the eyes of teenager Ivor and his tight-knit crew: Marco, Jonas, and Arjan.
Living in the heart of inner-city Oslo these boys are intelligent, but by fifteen they’re carrying knives, dealing drugs and sampling the merchandise - caught in a relentless spiral of violence, drugs, desperate choices. Their disillusionment runs bone-deep.
They’ve been failed by every adult in sight. The parents are uninterested, the police are not trusted, and child welfare is powerless. The world has turned its back—and yet, amid the wreckage, there’s love. Fierce, chaotic, and unfiltered. Love for each other, for their grandparents, for fading memories of better times, and the fragile glimmer of something more.
These lads are raging against a system that abandoned them before they ever had a shot. They’re grasping—for affection, for family, for identity, for any scrap of power they can claim in a world that offers them none.
There’s a brutal, aching honesty in this short read. Lovrenski—himself born in Norway to Croatian parents—brings an unmistakable authenticity to this debut. It bleeds with emotion and experience, blurring the line between fiction and memory.
The novel is told in a breathless, stream-of-consciousness style, veering into what feels like drug-induced delirium at times. The slang is thick, the language gritty—it took me a while to find the rhythm (or maybe I’m just showing my age!)—but once you tune in, it crackles with energy. That raw, chaotic prose perfectly mirrors the intensity and unpredictability of these boys’ lives.
Back in the Day isn’t an easy read, nor should it be. It’s a gut punch. Savage, soulful, and unafraid to dwell in the darkest corners of adolescence. And yet, somehow, it still manages to glimmer with humanity and hope.
Back in the Day is due for publication April 17th. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Back in the Day is an unflinching, razor-sharp portrayal of life on the margins, told through the eyes of teenager Ivor and his tight-knit crew: Marco, Jonas, and Arjan.
Living in the heart of inner-city Oslo these boys are intelligent, but by fifteen they’re carrying knives, dealing drugs and sampling the merchandise - caught in a relentless spiral of violence, drugs, desperate choices. Their disillusionment runs bone-deep.
They’ve been failed by every adult in sight. The parents are uninterested, the police are not trusted, and child welfare is powerless. The world has turned its back—and yet, amid the wreckage, there’s love. Fierce, chaotic, and unfiltered. Love for each other, for their grandparents, for fading memories of better times, and the fragile glimmer of something more.
These lads are raging against a system that abandoned them before they ever had a shot. They’re grasping—for affection, for family, for identity, for any scrap of power they can claim in a world that offers them none.
There’s a brutal, aching honesty in this short read. Lovrenski—himself born in Norway to Croatian parents—brings an unmistakable authenticity to this debut. It bleeds with emotion and experience, blurring the line between fiction and memory.
The novel is told in a breathless, stream-of-consciousness style, veering into what feels like drug-induced delirium at times. The slang is thick, the language gritty—it took me a while to find the rhythm (or maybe I’m just showing my age!)—but once you tune in, it crackles with energy. That raw, chaotic prose perfectly mirrors the intensity and unpredictability of these boys’ lives.
Back in the Day isn’t an easy read, nor should it be. It’s a gut punch. Savage, soulful, and unafraid to dwell in the darkest corners of adolescence. And yet, somehow, it still manages to glimmer with humanity and hope.
Back in the Day is due for publication April 17th. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
dark
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
sad
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Violence
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous