A review by lrooks98
The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood; Youth; Dependency by Tove Ditlevsen

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

I've somehow, without meaning to, gotten on a kick with books that have a focus on mother/daughter relationships with a socioeconomic lens. At least for Childhood and Youth, I was very interested in Tove's relationship with her mother and how it evolved as she aged, and I was disappointed that Dependency saw it phased out, just as the book seemingly peters out. However, I think it's an incredible authorial choice given the title of the third section and what much of her adult life consisted of. 

Overall, I think this book made me a fan of Tove Ditlevsen. Her prose, as someone else mentioned, is incredibly detached while also being incredibly reflective as well. I picked it up from the library's featured table because I was going to Copenhagen in a few months, and I'm so glad that I did. A lot of her book reminds me of Kerr Conway's The Road from Coorain, and I'm guessing she's also reminiscent of Slyvia Plath. 
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