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A review by emmashutup
A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson
3.0
It took me two months to read this book and yet that wasn't enough time to decide what I thought of it.
On one hand, it's too long. We follow 3 siblings in 3 different countries, and if you took the pages in this book, you could make almost a whole novel about each one. Sometimes they do boring things, and I don't need that!
On the other hand, the writing is striking, peculiar, and beautiful. (Thanks to Nichola Smalley for the English translation; I can always count on you!) There were so many moments throughout this book where I wanted to ponder over a particularly fine, astute phrase. Even so, the characters didn't really come alive for me, except for quick flashes where they really, really did.
The whole thing was just a really weird time, and I'm kind of glad it's over, but also kind of sorry. Strange, huh?
On one hand, it's too long. We follow 3 siblings in 3 different countries, and if you took the pages in this book, you could make almost a whole novel about each one. Sometimes they do boring things, and I don't need that!
On the other hand, the writing is striking, peculiar, and beautiful. (Thanks to Nichola Smalley for the English translation; I can always count on you!) There were so many moments throughout this book where I wanted to ponder over a particularly fine, astute phrase. Even so, the characters didn't really come alive for me, except for quick flashes where they really, really did.
The whole thing was just a really weird time, and I'm kind of glad it's over, but also kind of sorry. Strange, huh?