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joellemariel's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Animal death, Gore, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Violence
sunday_evening's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I enjoyed several little bits of prose in the book, and I liked the dream-like writing/imagery towards the end. However I actually think for once it would’ve helped me to read this book physically, not via audiobook. Due to the stream-of-consciousness style of the book it made it hard to focus. I would’ve given it 4 stars but I had to knock it down to 3 because at approximately 6% of the way through Hval, a white Norwegian author, drops the n-word hard r with absolutely no warning. It was completely unnecessary and Hval could’ve easily referred to it as the “n-word” or even just referred to “racial slurs” or “slurs” in general within the context of the scene. I’m not sure if this was a bad translation choice, or if it’s generally more acceptable for white people to fully say slurs in this type of context in Norway, but either way it should’ve been adapted in a different way for the English version. Not cool. It kind of ruined the book for me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racial slurs and Violence
hannahlouise_'s review
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I thought I would like this book a lot more than I did, but I also feel like you're not supposed to like it? The framing of the narrative and the stream of consciousness style was executed well but extremely hard to follow, convoluted and in places impossible to understand, but again, I feel like thats kind of the point.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Gore, Drug use, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, Alcohol, and Death
danicaleblanc's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Self harm, and Excrement
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