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A review by hymnedhiver
The Details by Ia Genberg
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I believe I don't usually go for books where nothing much happens. However, picking up this book was one of the best decisions I have made so far this year. It is now a favourite of mine, whose words I want to reach for again in the near future.
The prose is so commanding and gentle at the same time, creating a quiet atmosphere throughout it's entirety. There were moments of surprise, moments I wanted to experience for myself, ones that I felt frustrated or irritated; moments that touched me deeply to the point where I was crying in the train and bus.
It's genuinely such an inspiring book, not only in the sentiments and ways it encourages people to live life (not in a boring or authoritative way), but also in the sense that I myself felt inspired to write something similar, to jot down the details of certain people around me, thoughts and emotions those evoke.
I read this as an e-book but I'm definitely investing in a physical copy or two, to physically underline the sentences where I saw immense beauty and the phrases I could not believe I was reading...
Ia Genberg's mind is so big, I swear. It's a miracle she did not give up writing. It's a miracle this book was translated in a language I can comprehend. I'm so grateful to exist right now, having read this book.
PS:The way the narrator had been describing friends or lovers of hers up until that very last chapter, made the reveal that Birgitte was actually her mother even more surprising to me. And the sentence where that is described!!!? Are we kidding?
This is masterpiece.
Thank you, booker prize for having Dua Lipa read an excerpt, which would later appear on my feed.
The prose is so commanding and gentle at the same time, creating a quiet atmosphere throughout it's entirety. There were moments of surprise, moments I wanted to experience for myself, ones that I felt frustrated or irritated; moments that touched me deeply to the point where I was crying in the train and bus.
It's genuinely such an inspiring book, not only in the sentiments and ways it encourages people to live life (not in a boring or authoritative way), but also in the sense that I myself felt inspired to write something similar, to jot down the details of certain people around me, thoughts and emotions those evoke.
I read this as an e-book but I'm definitely investing in a physical copy or two, to physically underline the sentences where I saw immense beauty and the phrases I could not believe I was reading...
Ia Genberg's mind is so big, I swear. It's a miracle she did not give up writing. It's a miracle this book was translated in a language I can comprehend. I'm so grateful to exist right now, having read this book.
PS:
This is masterpiece.
Thank you, booker prize for having Dua Lipa read an excerpt, which would later appear on my feed.