A review by farbooksventure
The Door by Magda Szabó

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Good storytelling, good translation, and good audio narration too. What else could I ask for?

In The Door, we follow the complicated relationship between two flawed women (an author & her older housekeeper). Both are too stubborn for their own good. We read the way they love/hate each other & the push/pull that comes with it. It's not the quickest or easiest book to read (thanks to its characters), but it definitely feels so rewarding (haunting even?) in the end. If you love slow-paced character study featuring unlikeable women as the character, give this book a try.