A review by sunday_evening
Girls Against God by Jenny Hval

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed several little bits of prose in the book, and I liked the dream-like writing/imagery towards the end. However I actually think for once it would’ve helped me to read this book physically, not via audiobook. Due to the stream-of-consciousness style of the book it made it hard to focus. I would’ve given it 4 stars but I had to knock it down to 3 because at approximately 6% of the way through Hval, a white Norwegian author, drops the n-word hard r with absolutely no warning. It was completely unnecessary and Hval could’ve easily referred to it as the “n-word” or even just referred to “racial slurs” or “slurs” in general within the context of the scene. I’m not sure if this was a bad translation choice, or if it’s generally more acceptable for white people to fully say slurs in this type of context in Norway, but either way it should’ve been adapted in a different way for the English version.  Not cool. It kind of ruined the book for me.
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