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Brat by Gabriel Smith
4.0
this feels like the boy version of death valley by melissa broder but with an absolute ass of a main character. the author narrating it himself was on point and i can’t imagine anyone else doing whale noises as well as him.
it felt like a hilarious fever dream — big fan of the uncertainty of it all, random lost fights and whale noises, and general confusion? definitely worth a listen although i agree with the weird amount of gay jokes (gotta be honest, i just assumed the author was gay but who knows????).
it felt like a hilarious fever dream — big fan of the uncertainty of it all, random lost fights and whale noises, and general confusion? definitely worth a listen although i agree with the weird amount of gay jokes (gotta be honest, i just assumed the author was gay but who knows????).
Hyldemeter by Hans Peter Madsen
4.0
kender i det at man læser en bog fordi vennen til ens kollega har skrevet den? det kunne ende ret dårligt, men hyldemeter var ret så hyggelig at komme igennem og den var langtfra skuffende.
der bliver leget med sproget og menneskelige relationer og slutningen af hyldemeter var *chef’s kiss* — det var sådan lidt prikke over i’et på et ellers finurligt og vellykket værk.
der bliver leget med sproget og menneskelige relationer og slutningen af hyldemeter var *chef’s kiss* — det var sådan lidt prikke over i’et på et ellers finurligt og vellykket værk.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
2.0
what a disappointing reading experience — snow was extremely bland and collins really failed to make you feel any emotions, positive or negative, towards him? like i don’t believe people saying this book is so much better than the film because you get all his inner thoughts like lmao what thoughts? that dude is head empty fr
i might have liked it better if i hadn’t listened to the audiobook but coming from listening to tatiana maslany passionately reading the original trilogy to sabrina fontana bringing nothing to his reading was sooooo disappointing — this dude acts in plays and musicals, yet he monotonously reads all of of the songs like he can’t wait to haul ass out of the studio? he also cannot do distinct voices for shit and either it’s him or collins but the chemistry between lucy and snow was next to zero. like it’s literally ‘go girl give us nothing’. if either one had died, i simply would not have felt it made a difference? i mean i guess snow helped build the hunger games to what it is in the trilogy but it’s shocking his underdeveloped teenage brain could do that when everything else seems coincidental at best.
anyway, maybe this book wasn’t necessary or maybe i won’t dislike it so much if i ever read the paperback/ebook but in the meantime i guess ill check out the film?????
i might have liked it better if i hadn’t listened to the audiobook but coming from listening to tatiana maslany passionately reading the original trilogy to sabrina fontana bringing nothing to his reading was sooooo disappointing — this dude acts in plays and musicals, yet he monotonously reads all of of the songs like he can’t wait to haul ass out of the studio? he also cannot do distinct voices for shit and either it’s him or collins but the chemistry between lucy and snow was next to zero. like it’s literally ‘go girl give us nothing’. if either one had died, i simply would not have felt it made a difference? i mean i guess snow helped build the hunger games to what it is in the trilogy but it’s shocking his underdeveloped teenage brain could do that when everything else seems coincidental at best.
anyway, maybe this book wasn’t necessary or maybe i won’t dislike it so much if i ever read the paperback/ebook but in the meantime i guess ill check out the film?????
MUS by Sebastian Lynggaard
3.75
MUS har ret stor potentiale og den rammer egentlig ret plet med dens satiriske take på den moderne arbejdsplads — især manglen af værdi gennem ens arbejde. Der hvor den falder fra er desværre hvor Instagram agtige jokes tager alt for meget overhånd og bliver bare en tand for meget.
Det er dog en ret vellykket debut og jeg grinte 100% højlydt i toget ved et bestemt punkt henimod slutningen. Så jeg er helt sikkert åben til at læse mere af Sebastian Lynggard i fremtiden 🙌
Det er dog en ret vellykket debut og jeg grinte 100% højlydt i toget ved et bestemt punkt henimod slutningen. Så jeg er helt sikkert åben til at læse mere af Sebastian Lynggard i fremtiden 🙌
Y/OUR POVERTY by Nadia Josefine el Said
4.75
unikt og lyrisk skriveri om det danske system og fattigdom — på individet der påvirkes af det, i dette tilfælde faderen, og hvordan man overlever systemet (eller ikke).
det er utroligt meget spot on med den inhumane måde folk i systemet bliver behandlet. hvordan man kastes rundt og vurderes baseret på nogle absolut idiotiske faktorer og hvor lidt som et menneskeligt individ man ses som. det er et virkelig personligt værk, der er skrevet ret specielt men det passer sådan det ret godt? faren er en del af systemet, men igennem teksten er han et individ med sin egen personlighed.
et vigtigt stykke tekst der burde læses af alle der ikke selv har oplevet systemet eller har haft en de kender der har været i systemet.
Velsignelser by Caroline Albertine Minor
3.75
det er en utrolig trist, men velskrevet, novellesamling om sorg og de følelser der er i en når man sidder direkte i det — nogle af historierne ramte liiige i hjertet, mens andre ikke havde særlig meget betydning. men sådan er det vel altid med novellesamlinger, vi har allerede hver vores oplevelse der påvirker os og måden vi bliver mærket af en historie.
velsignelser var overall en spændende novelle og jeg elskede især hvordan nogle af historierne sådan hang sammen med hinanden. jeg tror dog ikke det er en bog der kommer til at sidde i sjælen resten af livet men well, den var god i momentet.
velsignelser var overall en spændende novelle og jeg elskede især hvordan nogle af historierne sådan hang sammen med hinanden. jeg tror dog ikke det er en bog der kommer til at sidde i sjælen resten af livet men well, den var god i momentet.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
4.5
finally finished the hunger games after all this time and it’s sooooo,, what a goddamn fine book.
tatiana maslany please marry me
tatiana maslany please marry me
Klit by Frank Herbert
5.0
i did not think i’d like this at all but i’m surprisingly obsessed with it? it’s sort of a dense book but it works so well and it’s definitely a gripping tale — can’t wait to continue the series (and to watch david lynch’s dune).
the danish translation was also 10/10 and it barely felt like i was reading a translation at all. although i’ll probably read the remaining books in english since it’s only the first three that were ever translated?
the danish translation was also 10/10 and it barely felt like i was reading a translation at all. although i’ll probably read the remaining books in english since it’s only the first three that were ever translated?