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emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I think I would have appreciated this more with the book in my hand, but the audio narration was tender and enjoyable. The narrative traces the lineage of a rural Icelandic community—one family in particular—a hundred years or so, meandering on its way. There is much talk of life and death, music, poetry, philosophy. There is much love and much pain, and, surprisingly, countless penises running around the fjords! Your Absence Is Darkness invites readers to take a melancholy stroll through feeling, possibility, and inheritance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Medical trauma