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A review by eososray
We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
3.0
There was a fair amount of interesting history contained in this book. Being typically restricted to English speaking countries in my historical fiction picks, it was great to get a Scandinavian setting.
I wasn’t a fan of the multiple separate generation stories that only really came together in the story at the end. It felt too long and drawn out, thus losing my attention and interest for large chunks of the narration. The characters were, for the most part, unlikeable. And while this is not always a problem for me, in this case it was.
It was really a 2 star book for me but good writing and an appealing setting got it an extra star.
I wasn’t a fan of the multiple separate generation stories that only really came together in the story at the end. It felt too long and drawn out, thus losing my attention and interest for large chunks of the narration. The characters were, for the most part, unlikeable. And while this is not always a problem for me, in this case it was.
It was really a 2 star book for me but good writing and an appealing setting got it an extra star.