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It had some charming turns of phrase, thoughtful reflections on purpose and our place in society, and I quite enjoyed the Helga Brun story, but overall an extremely Scandinavian novel about depression and existential crises was a bit too bleak for my taste and never really captured my attention.

lazydoc98's review

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adventurous challenging emotional relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

vhornstein's review

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This was so boring. This book was incredibly short and I still couldn’t finish it.

elito777's review

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dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

caropullen's review against another edition

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5.0

When I was about 15 I had a penpal called Jean-Paul who lived in Newcastle. I have no idea how we came to be penpals. I think he might have been my friend’s penpal but she passed him on to me because we liked the same bands.
We wrote eachother very intense letters about the meaning of various Suede songs as well as all the various hardships we were going through as serious and awkward teenagers. Anyway letters are great and this book reminded me of all of this. Can’t wait to start Is Mother Dead.

anxiousbookclub's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

viridiantre's review against another edition

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4.0

i was bored for like 10 mins only and that's rare i really enjoyed it

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