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A review by fleeno
The Group by Sigge Eklund
5.0
Hanna has moved to Madrid to intern at a prestigious art gallery, and while the city is beautiful, she is lonely. Then she sees them - The Group, Tom, Samuel, and Leah. Glamorous and elegant, they are also foreigners, but unlike Hanna they are fabulously wealthy and their lives seem sophisticated and hedonistic. Hanna is desperate to belong to the group and be accepted by them - no matter what.
This was a great read, there is just the right tension throughout, while it is clear Hanna is lying about a lot, so are the rest of the group. The book has a slightly less murderous tone than The Talented Mr Ripley - and while Hanna is certainly no Tom when it comes to fooling the elite - it did remind me a little of a Ripley novel. While the group seem sophisticated and happy initially, it becomes clear as the story goes on they are just as lost and lonely as Hanna, and they are all perhaps a little crazy. This was a great story and a brilliant translation.
This was a great read, there is just the right tension throughout, while it is clear Hanna is lying about a lot, so are the rest of the group. The book has a slightly less murderous tone than The Talented Mr Ripley - and while Hanna is certainly no Tom when it comes to fooling the elite - it did remind me a little of a Ripley novel. While the group seem sophisticated and happy initially, it becomes clear as the story goes on they are just as lost and lonely as Hanna, and they are all perhaps a little crazy. This was a great story and a brilliant translation.