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The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen

3 reviews

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

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Great metaphors and similes and an interesting depiction of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage and struggling with societal expectations about how to behave as a woman, who is a successful writer, but also a mother.
I got really into it, after I got used to the writing, but then it lost me after Lise got institutionalised and the hallucinations took over the narrative. 
I also found some of it incredibly ableist.
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bites_of_books's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This one is quite strange, it is about a woman who is going through a difficult mental health episode and is taken to an institution to recover.

I don't have much to say about it, some of the writing was interesting but it never gave me anything impressive or exciting in any way. 

Overall I'm very underwhelmed by it so that's all I can say. 
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meemzala's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I wonder if this was a poor translation. There were so many similes using the same formula page after page after page. 
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