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Er mor død by Vigdis Hjorth

selinabe's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad

2.75

branca's review against another edition

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

4.75

mariekee's review against another edition

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

4.25

moomints's review against another edition

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

2.5

about_wind_and_willows's review against another edition

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reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

artlie's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective 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

3.75

The translation was rather strange. The translator differed from Arv & Miljö, and the language of the translation was right up weird. Sentences never ended and were convoluted. If you want to pick this book up, try a different translation than the Swedish one. 

The idea of the book is good, but because of the translation(I assume) it was hard to get into and keep up with.
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wee_eck_m's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

snailspace's review against another edition

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challenging dark

4.5

The title plays so well with the arc of this novel. I recommended it to my own mother (seems the natural thing to do) and I'm curious whether she'll finish it. She's started it, this I know.

I'm happy to have read it in autumn, just as the season is doing its own confusing weather thing. I'm not in Norway, but they seem to have autumn there as well and it is an enormously autumnal story.

It is a ghosting, I suppose. And the title is right again, in that sense.

katekemp33's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

imrereads's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective medium-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

4.5