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Rejsen til Hekkenfeld by Morten Bo
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
nogle gange skal mænd bare holde sig fra at skrive om kvinder (og hekse) for damn, det er virkelig pinligt at læse! ville give op allerede på første side, men gav den en minimal chance, efter 22 sider var den chance spildt 🫠
Sult by Tine Høeg
4.5
et helt fantastisk skriveri og en nødvendig bog at læse. er så glad for jeg købte den forleden 🫶
Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere by Anastacia Reneé
4.0
this was different to other things i’ve listened to in the past and so so strange. i listened to the audiobook (read by the author) and i loved it — but i definitely wanna reread it in book form in the future, to fully emerge myself in the stories. it was a delight to read though 💛
The Hotel by Daisy Johnson
4.0
this feels very much akin to dark water by koji suzuki (but more feminist and queer, less misogynistic) in the way of atmosphere. i loved the various ways the hotel features in the stories and how the hauntings affect people — this was originally written for radio 4 and i’m definitely curious about the audio version of these stories.
anyway, wonderful atmospheric collection! loved the writing and the variety of stories.
anyway, wonderful atmospheric collection! loved the writing and the variety of stories.
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
3.75
what a strange book. i’ll need to sit with my thoughts after finishing this i think??
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
3.0
i’ve been meaning to read this for years but never got around to it and i honestly think i would’ve probably loved it more if id read it back in the end.
it’s very obviously inspired by the secret history and a love of shakespeare — so it’s easy to see why you’d compare it to, at least, the secret history. when doing so, it unfortunately falls pretty flat and oftentimes feels like a parody of dark academia.
i’m not one to proclaim realism as the most important thing in fiction. but i need to feel that the actions of these characters are rooted in something that makes some sort of sense — like, y’all could’ve just gone to authorities and complained about your fellow student but instead you decide to let him die (which, i don’t really feel anything over? like rip but who cares?).
where the secret history channels intense guilt in such a vivid way, if we were villains just explains it constantly. it’s hardly shown and makes that’s a first person narrative issue but it’s probably not. i hardly felt the grief, the guilt or any of the emotions these characters supposedly feel? it’s a book that’s meant to capture you through the characters and it barely does that.
there’s obviously the (mostly) unrequited queer love and uncertainty that comes from all those unexplainable feelings. it’s doomed love and all that shit. it’s fine. it would’ve been much better if the book hadn’t ended with a possibility of james still being alive — sometimes we should allow tragic queer stories to be tragic and depressing.
anyway, it’s easy to get through and the writing is pretty accessible despite all the shakespeare. the premise is interesting and i think if i had read it in 2017 that i would’ve completely devoured it. so it’s possibly just a wrong book, wrong time for me? i’m still gonna read the author’s other work!
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
4.75
and they were roommates!!! i would like to bring fight club centre stage in twitter’s many discussions on selfcest because it’s truly peak Homoeroticism — it’s literally just a guy who’s totally into his alter ego.
anyway, i’ve been wanting to read fight club for ages and finally found it used in a second hand bookstore in copenhagen. it felt like fate. except, maybe there’s a ton of used copies of fight club everywhere, i just don’t know how to look for it? but it was such a ‘i can’t stop reading this’ kind of book and i only wish i could’ve experienced it without already knowing the twist — is it easy to recognise if you’re unaware of it? i have no idea. if only i know because tyler knows.
the afterward was a fun addition and i appreciate it. i’ll definitely have to read this again in the future!
anyway, i’ve been wanting to read fight club for ages and finally found it used in a second hand bookstore in copenhagen. it felt like fate. except, maybe there’s a ton of used copies of fight club everywhere, i just don’t know how to look for it? but it was such a ‘i can’t stop reading this’ kind of book and i only wish i could’ve experienced it without already knowing the twist — is it easy to recognise if you’re unaware of it? i have no idea. if only i know because tyler knows.
the afterward was a fun addition and i appreciate it. i’ll definitely have to read this again in the future!