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billybear72's review against another edition
5.0
I will be thinking about this book for a long time, worth a read
alaiyo0685's review against another edition
3.0
This book got off to a slow start, but by about halfway through I found myself more invested in the dark tale than I expected to be.
arisia's review against another edition
4.0
Something of a Foucaldian treatise in novel form, Borderliners tackles issues of normalization, discipline and "sickness" in a tense, quiet battle for survival. It gives rise to moments of tenderness and surprising violence in turn, and manages to be intimate, emotional and highly cerebral all at the same time.
lukija's review against another edition
4.0
Peter Høeg: Rajatapaukset (1993, suom.1994) / lukiessa toivoin, että en olisi aloittanut kirjaa ja kun pääsin loppuun olin iloinen, että luin kirjan. Koulu, joka mittaa ihmisen arvon lineaarisella aika-akselilla, johtaa rajatapausten tuhoon tai uudelleensyntyyn. Ja paljon puhetta ajasta: mikä on ikuista ja mikä suhteellista?
A book I wish I had not started and once finished I'm glad I did read it. Schooling system that values people/kids by measuring time as a linear system will doom "the inbetweeners or borderliners" who do not adapt linear time concept. Some survive like Peter. : what is time : what's eternal and what's relative in it?
A book I wish I had not started and once finished I'm glad I did read it. Schooling system that values people/kids by measuring time as a linear system will doom "the inbetweeners or borderliners" who do not adapt linear time concept. Some survive like Peter. : what is time : what's eternal and what's relative in it?
danicakvcs's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Self harm, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent
tuli_kukka's review against another edition
5.0
Slow pace at times especially at the end, though i can only speak for myself who is not a philosophy geek. Other than that, brilliant story! It really shook me when I realized that it was all a true story. Wow. I wish Goodreads would allow 5.4 stars.
skybug333's review against another edition
4.0
the premise of time and strictness is not nearly as dramatic or uncommon as it is presented to be- but the beautiful philosophical imagery in part three makes up for this completely. i read this once in high school but did not think about it too much back then
emilymsimpson's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5