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A review by ferna
When the Snow Fell by Henning Mankell
3.0
I had high expectations for this book, but even though I do like YA literature, this is a bit for children; in my opinion.
I had read this author was recommended for readers who liked Stieg Larsson, but this is not a mystery novel. It is a coming of age novel. However, I find some incoherences with the protagonist, a boy not yet 15, who realises he is his own mother (because the mother is out of the picture) and he must also take care of his father, but hardly enough to understand, he daydreams so much! Maybe it's a way of escaping reality. I also do not understand why he doesn't have any friends his age. There is one, though, who comes into the picture as a first same-age crush; but they do not start off as friends.
So, maybe this novel is not that bad, but not that interesting either.
I had read this author was recommended for readers who liked Stieg Larsson, but this is not a mystery novel. It is a coming of age novel. However, I find some incoherences with the protagonist, a boy not yet 15, who realises he is his own mother (because the mother is out of the picture) and he must also take care of his father, but hardly enough to understand, he daydreams so much! Maybe it's a way of escaping reality. I also do not understand why he doesn't have any friends his age. There is one, though, who comes into the picture as a first same-age crush; but they do not start off as friends.
So, maybe this novel is not that bad, but not that interesting either.