A review by oaxleaf
Kejsarn av Portugallien: En Värmlandsberättelse by Selma Lagerlöf

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Reading historical works can sometimes be heart-breaking. All you can think is that if only these people had been born a few decades later, they could have lived far happier lives. The Emperor of Portugallia is a story about a father’s love for his daughter and his grief when she leaves him, and the juxtaposition between his comforting delusions and the harsh reality of his spiral and how the people around him
view him as a spectacle. It’s a story about mental illness and loss, but more than anything, a story about ceaseless, unconditional love.