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Review of 'Det syvende barn' on 'Goodreads'

Fik aldrig læst bogen dengang den udkom, men læste anmeldelserne - og de var gode.
Så dag jeg fandt bogen til 3€ i et antikvariat i Las Palmas var jeg ikke i tvivl!

Men bogen fangede mig slet ikke. Jeg blev irriteret over brugen af øgenavne, alt for mange personer og alt for mange navne.

Stædighed fik mig til at læse den færdig, men det var ikke nogen fornøjelse. Den er alt, alt, alt for lang og/eller vil for mange ting på en gang.

Naomi Alderman: The Power (2016, Viking)

Review of 'The Power' on 'Goodreads'

At first I really booked this book, but halfway through I almost couldn't read on and having finished it I may have lost a little more of my faith in humanity. Still, it's a good book, just not a favourite of mine.
So much explicit violence, so little kindness , friendship and what I would want if the world was different.