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202 reviews

Haervaerk by Tom Kristensen

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2.5

Jeg ved ik. Den er ikke dårlig. Men jeg tror ikke helt jeg forstår fidusen. En fattigmands ulysses? 
Hvordan man laver dyr by Mathilde Walter Clark

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4.5

Jeg har været vegetar i 10 år og har egentlig glemt lidt hvorfor MEN HUSKER PLUDSELIGT BEDRE EFTER AT HAVE LÆST DETTE ESSAY.... Fuck man får kvalme af at læse om de rituelle pseudovoldtægter.. Det lort skal bare lukkes ned
The Chic Diet: The Dietary and Psychological Tactics of the Urban Elite by Kit Olsen

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2.0

I am so fascinated by the existence of this book. Who is kit olsen? This is the only book she's published, and it is basically an unironic guide on how to develop an eating disorder, to the point where I was embarrassed about anyone looking over my shoulder while reading it. I mean it is satire, but it's also a meticulously detailed, glamorizing and encouraging guide to keep up disordered behavior. Specific brands of prescription drugs, juice cleanses, especially the section about muesli bars left me thinking I was reading genuinely instructional material. I mean it is a fascinating read but only if you are 100% recovered from your eating disorder (and if you've never had an eating disorder, I don't think this will be interesting at all). Idk.? 
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

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4.0

Affectionate nuanced portrait of an alcoholized mother and her son living on hard mode (gay in the 80s in Scotland) 
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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4.5

I have never watched any nickelodeon show so I feared I would lack some understanding. Fortunately my reading experience did not seem impeded by this, because this was an extremely compelling read. I feel so much sympathy for little Jenette who could cry on cue. 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

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3.5

Textured and #real book even if I don't like child protagonists. I'm happy it worked out for them in the end. And sissy is that girl! 
Solanin by Inio Asano

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2.5

Left me thinking "and?" bc I didn't really connect to the characters and or themes...... 
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

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2.25

Like reading fanfiction... Too smooth and polished for me... Not one word wasted to convey Action or Description
Det forsømte forår by Hans Scherfig

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3.5

Dark academia anno 1940. Hvor er det fint at skolen foranstalter en så solid vrangforestilling om dens vigtighed og hæder at det medfører et mord som forløber uden konsekvenser i dens mikrokosmos. Jeg nød at læse den men jeg savnede lidt mindre udskæring i pap af pointerne, for eksempel var der sætninger som "De unge disciple lærte om blah blah blah latin tysk etc Men Måske var der noget de ikke lærte🤔" og det er sådan lidt. Vi forstår det godt. Jeg er glad for at jeg ikke skal analysere den i dansk i hvert fald, for den virker en lille smule bogstavelig for mit analytisk utrænede øje. De skulle også have dræbt oremark btw.