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A review by lavrendy
The Door by Magda Szabó
2.0
not a good beach read*
*Update after I’ve thought it over:
While reading this on vacation was definitely not the proper setting, I still think it would have felt like microdosing my own personal hell in any environment. I didn’t enjoy a single page. The main characters and their relationship felt unreasonable. There were way too many dog beatings and not enough realistic interactions.
Like I’ve said before, I love Nothing Books, but only if we get to really see inside a character’s head and grow to understand them and their motives, even if it is slow plot-wise. This didn’t give any proper context for why the characters were making the most shady decisions possible and I got zero payoff at the end.
Two stars for the decent prose and symbolism that probably didn’t make it past my frustration while reading.
*Update after I’ve thought it over:
While reading this on vacation was definitely not the proper setting, I still think it would have felt like microdosing my own personal hell in any environment. I didn’t enjoy a single page. The main characters and their relationship felt unreasonable. There were way too many dog beatings and not enough realistic interactions.
Like I’ve said before, I love Nothing Books, but only if we get to really see inside a character’s head and grow to understand them and their motives, even if it is slow plot-wise. This didn’t give any proper context for why the characters were making the most shady decisions possible and I got zero payoff at the end.
Two stars for the decent prose and symbolism that probably didn’t make it past my frustration while reading.