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I absolutely LOVED the first 85% of this book. I was taking notes on the characters because there are so many, and keeping track of the little threads that intertwined between them…and then the last 100 pages. OOF. I almost can‘t forgive him for the lack of an ending. But the first 579 pages were so good! (40)
⭐️: 3.5/5

Has anyone else read Knausgaard? If so, what do you think of him? This is the first book I started of his, and almost immediately I fell completely head over heels in love with his writing! It's just so... beautiful! I don't even know how to describe it, but it's just absolutely mesmerizing! 💕📚

Unfortunately, there is something that happened within the first 20 pages that almost made me put the book aside 👇🏻

I have mixed feelings about this book. I found it so compelling and unsettling throughout that I was on pins and needles much of the time and couldn‘t put it down. And then, suddenly, it ended with so much left untold. I don‘t need stories to be fully resolved, but I did want more at the end of this one. Nevertheless, a pick because it was very good until the end. Thanks for putting this one on my radar @batsy !

Spændende karakterer, godt fortalt, men uforløst og til tider for rablende. En enkelt kedelig passsage, jeg næsten sprang over.

I could relate to characters, I loved how they were written. It was easy to feel for them and everyone struggled with some things in their lives.

This wasn't fun & light at all. This was mysterious at some points but I waited for more all the time. I felt betrayed when this just ended and I didn't get an ending.

Plotwise this was scattered and when I thought that every storyline would been connected at some point they never were.

#SeriesLove23

Through the first person narratives of a cast of characters, we live through two days in Norway after a strange star appears in the sky. The POV of each character feels intimate & raw, & I thought Knausgaard does a tremendous job of structuring the book so that the shit hits the fan concurrently for each person, & out there in the world, in a way that leaves the reader unmoored & disturbed. The book is long but ends far too soon. I want more!

My #weeklyforecast is one big book (666 pages) and one long (10 hours) audiobook, and a lot of unwanted socialising …. I think that‘s enough for one week.

I thought it would never end — and end it does, most unsatisfactorily. None of the plots begun for its many protagonists gets seen through, just abandoned as if the author got tired. The book is about the appearance of a bright new star and the events in people‘s lives that don‘t necessarily connect. It ends in a lot of hanging plots. In analog, it‘s 666 pages — coincidence? Heed the warning and avoid this self-important tome.

I‘ve just gotten this book because of a gushing New Yorker review. I hope it‘s better than Book One of “My Struggle,” which I found tedious and self-indulgent contrary to the New York Times‘s breathless adoration. Needless to say, I didn‘t read books 2-6. I‘ll keep you posted on this one. The cover is beautiful :)