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The Looking-Glass Sisters
The Looking-Glass Sisters | Gohril Gabrielsen
11 posts | 4 read | 20 to read
Far out on the plains of northern Norway stands a house. It belongs to two middle-aged sisters. They seldom venture out and nobody visits. The younger needs nursing and the older never dared to leave. Until one day a man arrives. The women realise quickly that only one can stay.
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Emilymdxn
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Hard to say I enjoyed this, it was incredibly stark and brutal to read but it was a fantastic book. Two sisters, one disabled and one able-bodied, live in the isolated north of Norway and have their lives disrupted by a new man arriving in town. It‘s hard to recommend a book with this scale of abuse in it, very difficult to read, but if you can handle it the writing is amazing.

#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @StayCurious +6 pts

BarbaraBB This was such an original book! 4y
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BarbaraBB
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As Nordic Noir as it can get, this book. Two sisters live their isolated lives together in Norway. The one who tells the story is handicapped, the other takes fulltime care of her. They drive each other mad, out of frustration, boredom, and indifference. And then a man arrives in the village and the MC sees her sister eyeing him and wonders what will happen to her if they fall in love.
A brutal, sad story, beautifully written.

Tamra I “enjoyed” this one - for lack of a better term. Sort of fascinated in the can‘t look away sense. 6y
BarbaraBB @Tamra I think I bought this book because of your review! 6y
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BarbaraBB
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This is a brutal read so far.

Kalalalatja Beautifully written 👌 6y
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shawnmooney
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Yeah, no...this tale of two of the most perfectly detestable women in literature would likely have ended up being the last book I read in 2017. I will not completely taint the year that way. I like dark stories, and I don‘t mind unlikeable characters—but these sisters are so horrid I can‘t bring myself to read another page. Reading a book about Trump would be more uplifting. Bailed around half way through.

LeahBergen Noo!! This one sounds so good! 😐 7y
shawnmooney @LeahBergen You might like it - but the dynamic between these sisters was unrelentingly abusive and nasty, and I just couldn‘t deal... 7y
MariettaSG Excellent review, you sealed my decision with “reading about Trump”, certainly not going to bother. 7y
Tamra They are quite detestable, agreed! But it was like a train wreck that I couldn‘t stop looking at. (edited) 7y
Tamra @LeahBergen it was a pick for me, but the characters are indeed nasty. Fortunately it‘s a quick read! 7y
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shawnmooney
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tpixie I‘m reading this and start to panic! I think, I haven‘t read a post from @shawnmooney in ages! I‘m not scrolling through Litsy enough! I‘m following too many people! Then I look at who wrote this post, and it‘s you! Whew! Lol. 😂😆😊 7y
Tamra @tpixie this was a “good” one, if you can call it that. 7y
tpixie @Tamra 😊 7y
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shawnmooney
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The opening paragraphs. Oh my!

#QuoteOfTheDay

Tamra I enjoyed this dark tale. 7y
shawnmooney @Tamra It‘s perfect for Chris🌲mas! 😂😂 7y
Tamra @shawnmooney it can be!! 🤗 7y
LeahBergen I‘ve had this stacked since you first brought it to my attention. I hope it‘s good! 7y
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Tamra
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My kinda publisher, going to look for more from Peirene!

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Tamra
The Looking-Glass Sisters | Gohril Gabrielsen
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Pickpick

“Enjoy” isn‘t the right word to describe this intense reading experience. The writing perfectly conveys the desperate inner life of the unnamed invalid sister and I was never quite certain of the “truth.” 👍🏾 Thanks for the recommendation @shawnmooney !

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Tamra
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The first brief chapter sucked me right in! I suspect I‘m going to be ordering the books from this press listed in the back. (I wish I had leisure time like these two.)

Lcsmcat 😻 7y
Cathythoughts These two look soooo relaxed. They could teach us all a lesson ! ❤️ 7y
LauraBeth The good life! 7y
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LeahBergen I‘ve had this one stacked for a while. It sounds amazing! 7y
Tamra @LeahBergen I really enjoy these types of novels: short, quiet, dense. This press caters to that genre! 7y
Tamra @LauraBeth totally! 7y
Tamra @Cathythoughts especially this time of year! 7y
batsy I've had my eye on this press, too! All TBR. Short, quiet, dense books do sound perfect. I'll be reading this one next year for #passportlitsy 7y
Tamra @batsy oh my, that sounds like a heavy, but worthy read. Putting it on TBR! 7y
TricksyTails Aww sweet reading buddies! 🐶😻♥️ 7y
RaimeyGallant All the reading my cats could get done! 7y
Anna40 They look so comfy 😍😍😍 7y
Tamra @RaimeyGallant I know!!! 7y
Tamra @Anna40 that‘s their middle name. 😴 7y
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shawnmooney
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Look what I couldn't stop myself from buying online within days of first blurbing about it here!

LeahBergen I can't wait to hear what you think of this one. I stacked it right away from your post! 7y
saresmoore I'm just going to echo @LeahBergen here. 7y
Tamra Stacked after watching your Page 112 Prize video. 🙂 7y
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shawnmooney
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"Far out on the plains of northern Norway stands a house. It belongs to two middle-aged sisters. They seldom venture out and nobody visits. The younger needs nursing and the older keeps house. Then, one day, a man arrives…" SOLD!!

LeahBergen What!? STACKED. 7y
LeahBergen It immediately made me think of 7y
shawnmooney @LeahBergen This is one I'm probably going to have to order immediately! And, I'm ashamed to admit I have never read B's F! 7y
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LeahBergen I have it on my TBR because the movie is one of my all-time favourites (and now I'm reminding myself to read it, damn it!) 7y
DivineDiana Sounds very interesting! 7y
batsy Oooh. Is this #spinsterlit with a twist? I'm so there. 7y
saresmoore Gah! What @batsy said! 7y
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