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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
I was expecting something magical, but no, this is "literature". Not much interested, so abandoning this book.
“Dit is de nieuwe ‘Acht Bergen’! Een poëtisch en ontzettend beeldend geschreven roman. Vaak stukken opnieuw gelezen omdat het zo mooi geschreven was. Een verrassend debuut waarin veel thema’s de revue passeren. Dit moet een succes worden!”
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4 Stars
Bleak, dark and beautiful. Blood soaked, gothic noir, landscape prose about family, greed, wrath and the ties that bind us. Exquisitely written.
If you're in the mood for some beautiful darkness, give this one a go.
Bleak, dark and beautiful. Blood soaked, gothic noir, landscape prose about family, greed, wrath and the ties that bind us. Exquisitely written.
If you're in the mood for some beautiful darkness, give this one a go.
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Started super strong-enchanting even- and the pages just flew by. Really easy to read and beautiful writing til the end, but the story itself became less and less fantastical/wise/interesting and more “normal” as the story continued, with the last 10 pages or so after the fire really dragging. I’m sick tho, shrug
A dark, mythic tale in which you know from the outset that something terrible is going to happen. The jumps in the timeline only confirm this, but you have to wait until almost the end to find out quite how terrible the thing is. It's written in a way that means that it feels slightly out of step with modern times, which give it the mythic quality I mentioned earlier. It's clearly modern, but there are times when you could easily forget that, and the characters are most definitely not, rooted firmly in the land and the traditions it has thrown up. It was an uneasy read, but very powerful.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A beautiful book with beautiful writing. The pacing was a bit off. It was very gripping at the beginning, but the middle part felt a bit slow and flat. The pacing was a bit to fast again at the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence
Interessant boek met echte karakters die aan de rand van de samenleving vechten voor wat ze nog over hebben. Op hun eigen manier gaan ze om met wat ze overkomt.
Het is een boek over hoe hard de omstandigheden in het leven iemand kunnen maken, maar dat de liefde voor je gezin sterk blijft.
Het boek ademt "iedereen doet wat hij of zij denkt dat het beste is, ongeacht of dit het gewenste resultaat heeft". Je geeft wat je krijgt en je krijgt wat je geeft.
Het is een boek over hoe hard de omstandigheden in het leven iemand kunnen maken, maar dat de liefde voor je gezin sterk blijft.
Het boek ademt "iedereen doet wat hij of zij denkt dat het beste is, ongeacht of dit het gewenste resultaat heeft". Je geeft wat je krijgt en je krijgt wat je geeft.