A review by yilliun
Island by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

A deeply poetic and thought provoking read that I initially did struggle to feel fully drawn into. I think this is a worth the growing pains type of book. 

I identified so much with the main character's feelings of foreignness while visiting her family on the Faroe Islands. Her persistent feeling of not quite Faroese and not fully Danish either resonated with me; especially the ways in which she wishes that she could have been born fully one or the other. Each section felt like a slice of life leading us towards why we create home in certain physical locations and why home is also rooted in emotion and feeling.
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