A review by merelvbh
Knots: Stories by Gunnhild Øyehaug

2.0

i’ve become quite an avid reader of short fiction over the past year and i really wanted to like this collection - which does have its own charm, it just wasn’t for me. i found the majority of the stories mindblowingly boring, with the notable exception of the first one, about a trip to ikea, and the one where the mother and son are connected by an umbilical cord. the intended surrealism fell short for me, the writing was unremarkable and every single woman in øyehaugs stories only lived and longed for men and relationships and have no thoughts or desires of their own.