A review by missapples
Lucky Per by Henrik Pontoppidan

I keep putting it aside and picking it up again. As a fan of the classics and 19th century style writing, I was excited to dive into this Bildungsroman. Yet... the protagonist, Peter, is just too unlikable, and not in a fascinating way. I mean, I didn’t mind George Duroy‘s awfulness in “Bel Ami” and he WAS awful. I could kind of understand where Heathcliff was coming from in "Wuthering Heights" and he was not a good man. But Per? Here we have a charmless jerk personified. I almost don’t care to find out whether he will get lucky in the end or not.