A review by bradleyfrederick
The Bridges by Tarjei Vesaas

3.0

After reading the Ice Palace, I was really looking forward to reading another book by this author. While this book failed to deliver on my expectations, I still am glad I read it. I enjoyed the perspective shifts between first, second, and third person as well as between Aud, Torvil, and an outside narrator. This did, however, make the plot much more difficult to follow. I was hoping to see more of Aud and Torvil’s family, and despite them saying their families were best friends I do not think we ever saw them all together. I did appreciate the author’s ability to give us these intimate views into the characters’ lives while also withholding so much information from us. I am not really sure what happened in most of this novel, but it was interesting to see this situation unravel. This is definitely something I would like to reread later and to hopefully get more out of it the second time through