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caeliniscreepy's review against another edition
1.5
This woman is really trying something & that thing is not for me.
blairsatellite's review
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
chiricocuvie's review
I think that I would have liked the film described more than I liked this book. It had some interesting ideas but it truly did not need to be as long as it was, it felt like it was just circling the same points. Also I don’t think you get to lecture about how the white supremacy of an area is tied to their obsession with white as a color when you uncritically accept black as the color of transgression. Like, you’re accepting the dichotomy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
cupidcove's review
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I feel very conflicted about this book because, while I really enjoyed it, I'm not sure if I think it is well written or well executed yet. It is essentially a plotless novel, with all the action being internal as our protagonist attempts to write a film that reflects on her girlhood in Southern Norway while building an artful relationship with her 'coven' of friends. Despite this, there is frequently no coherence between scenes as our protagonist rambles for pages about the various images from her childhood or describes fragments of seemingly invented horrors that fail to connect to each other but are compelling nonetheless. The book also seems to exist outside of time entirely with our protagonist and companions shifting in age and presentation. It makes for an illusory book that mimics the experience of trying to write and only being able to find the core scenes that support your theme without connecting between them, an experience described within the book itself. Despite this, the protagonist's analysis proves compelling if you are able to navigate the confusion of it all. I think if you are interested in the struggle to create art, girlhood, technology, magic, religion, black metal, or friendship between women, you should give this a try, but I am unsure if many people will enjoy it.
lunaliz's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
jerbearica's review against another edition
couldn’t get into the narration at all. this might be a problem of medium (might read better as a traditional book) but as an audiobook it largely felt vapid and pseudo-profound with none of the atmosphere i was anticipating.