Reviews

Lord Arne's Silver by Selma Lagerlöf

petrahassellof's review against another edition

mysterious

2.5

Ett tidigt thrillerdrama, med övernaturliga inslag och en tydlig deckarkänsla. Kort och koncis, men med en förutsättbar handling och jag kände aldrig att man fick chansen att sätta sig in i och uppleva huvudpersonens klyvning, utan blev bara informerad om den.

curiousreader's review against another edition

4.0

My first delve into Selma Lagerlöfs fiction, and I was pleasantly surprised. It took some getting used to, the old-timy language and the setting (1500s), but it's actually quite enjoyable to read. I found it to be very atmospheric, sort of feels like a mix between gothic and a fairytale, something you'd tell around a fire in the woods. For such a short novel it still feels very fullfilled. I think is the type of story a lot of people would enjoy, perhaps not to the degree I did, and there's a lot of religious themes in it, but I wasn't expecting to like this based on the premise and was thus even happier when I found it be rather exciting, eeery and atmospheric, and fun to read.