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dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“Icke gissa gåtor! Icke fråga! Icke tänka! Tanken är en syra som fräter. Du tänker i början, att den blott skall fräta på det som är murket och sjukt och som skall bort. Men tanken tänker inte så: den fräter blint. Den börjar med det rov som du helst och gladast kastar åt honom, men du skall inte tro att det mättar honom. Han slutar inte förrän han gnagt sönder det sista du har kärt.”
(Page 152).
This Swedish piece of fiction was published 1905 and delves into the psyche of a doctor contemplating murdering one of his patients. The language was a barrier at times, but it didn't prevent my progress. The paranoia of guilt, which is so typically “Poe-esque” and infectious, is as central to the storytelling as the spiteful and, at times, ridiculous inner monologue of hate. I do wonder if the people who read this 120 years ago (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS AGO?!) laughed at the narrator's distaste for the pastor as I did.
(Page 152).
This Swedish piece of fiction was published 1905 and delves into the psyche of a doctor contemplating murdering one of his patients. The language was a barrier at times, but it didn't prevent my progress. The paranoia of guilt, which is so typically “Poe-esque” and infectious, is as central to the storytelling as the spiteful and, at times, ridiculous inner monologue of hate. I do wonder if the people who read this 120 years ago (ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY YEARS AGO?!) laughed at the narrator's distaste for the pastor as I did.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Murder
Minor: Rape