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ingvilds's review against another edition
4.0
Likte denne supergodt. Ser noen klage over overfladiske karakterer, som jeg kan forstå, men jeg tenker på karakterene som «typer» og det passer godt i denne romanen som er full av Ibsen-intertekst blant annet. Intertekstualitet er mye av det som gjør denne romanen så fornøyelig.
Først og fremst en kunstnerroman, men tematiserer også den privilegerte nordmannens blikk på den fattige «andre». Den får stadig mer et uhyggelig preg, men det holder også spenningen oppe.
Full av symboler, så hvis du, som meg, elsker det, er dette antagelig en bok for deg :-)
Først og fremst en kunstnerroman, men tematiserer også den privilegerte nordmannens blikk på den fattige «andre». Den får stadig mer et uhyggelig preg, men det holder også spenningen oppe.
Full av symboler, så hvis du, som meg, elsker det, er dette antagelig en bok for deg :-)
tacuazin's review against another edition
2.0
April 2018
Finally. That took forever.
Let's not do it again.
February 2018
In 2005 I read [b:The Half Brother|125523|The Half Brother|Lars Saabye Christensen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348710478s/125523.jpg|120888], winner of the Nordisk råds litteraturpris (Nordic Council Literature Prize). Should have been good, right? Not to me. I can't believe the levels of boredom I reached with that book. When I finished, I gifted a copy to the person who had recommended it. As a revenge.
In 2017 I had to read "Grisen" (The Pig), a short novella, as part of my Norwegian class. Despite my misgivings, it surprised me quite positively. Good prose, entertaining story, interesting ending.
Now it's 2018 and [b:Modellen|2358849|Modellen|Lars Saabye Christensen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1293465567s/2358849.jpg|2365615] is included in my syllabus. So what's it gonna be? The please-kill-me-now Half Brother, or the it-got-me-thinking Grisen?
Unfortunately, it turned out to be the what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you-,-people kind of story, with pompous characters, empty pseudointellectual conversations, emptier lifes, and nothing-happens-yet-I-keep-writing-because-I'm-enamored-of-my-own-voice prose.
I'm dying here. And still two thirds to go.
Finally. That took forever.
Let's not do it again.
February 2018
In 2005 I read [b:The Half Brother|125523|The Half Brother|Lars Saabye Christensen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348710478s/125523.jpg|120888], winner of the Nordisk råds litteraturpris (Nordic Council Literature Prize). Should have been good, right? Not to me. I can't believe the levels of boredom I reached with that book. When I finished, I gifted a copy to the person who had recommended it. As a revenge.
In 2017 I had to read "Grisen" (The Pig), a short novella, as part of my Norwegian class. Despite my misgivings, it surprised me quite positively. Good prose, entertaining story, interesting ending.
Now it's 2018 and [b:Modellen|2358849|Modellen|Lars Saabye Christensen|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1293465567s/2358849.jpg|2365615] is included in my syllabus. So what's it gonna be? The please-kill-me-now Half Brother, or the it-got-me-thinking Grisen?
Unfortunately, it turned out to be the what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you-,-people kind of story, with pompous characters, empty pseudointellectual conversations, emptier lifes, and nothing-happens-yet-I-keep-writing-because-I'm-enamored-of-my-own-voice prose.
I'm dying here. And still two thirds to go.
veronicaguerin's review against another edition
1.0
De synopsis van dit boek was veelbelovend, maar de schrijver maakt het m.i. helaas niet waar. Het verhaal is niet heel vlot en me inleven in de hoofdpersoon vind ik ook lastig. Wat ik wel sterk vond aan dit boek was het einde. Al met al vind ik dit boek geen aanrader.
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