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morebedsidebooks's review against another edition
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
 ‘Maybe you don’t get this because you haven’t experienced it, but imagine being a kid and being completely alone. There’s no one you can turn to, and showing any kind of emotion is a risk. Everything has to be kept in. There are secrets, taboos, and you can’t tell anybody. You have to keep the secrets. You’re trapped. You just can’t escape. Can you imagine what that’s like? It’s something that I can’t get over …’Â
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Last Night in Nuuk is the debut novel by Niviaq Korneliussen, and a contemporary one that exudes youth. Set during spring in Greenland’s capital city and a night that changes so much. A cast of queer twenty-somethings each given their own turn at narration through parties, break-ups, sex, reckonings along with the past and future. It’s a very candid portrait of adulthood, taking swings while it’s at it. Like coming in after being out in the cold too long, parts of oneself aching or gone a bit numb but the feeling sorely returns. I wonder how much range of voice it has essentially being doubly translated, from the Danish version (from Greenlandic by the author) by Anna Halager. But pick up this book and let it flow and unfold for you. Â
Last Night in Nuuk is the debut novel by Niviaq Korneliussen, and a contemporary one that exudes youth. Set during spring in Greenland’s capital city and a night that changes so much. A cast of queer twenty-somethings each given their own turn at narration through parties, break-ups, sex, reckonings along with the past and future. It’s a very candid portrait of adulthood, taking swings while it’s at it. Like coming in after being out in the cold too long, parts of oneself aching or gone a bit numb but the feeling sorely returns. I wonder how much range of voice it has essentially being doubly translated, from the Danish version (from Greenlandic by the author) by Anna Halager. But pick up this book and let it flow and unfold for you. Â
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Vomit, Outing, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Minor: Colonisation, Sexual assault, Incest, and Child abuse
One drunken hookup brings up questions of dubious consent.someonelikeblue's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Transphobia, Abandonment, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Cursing, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, and Sexual content
Minor: Death, Child abuse, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse
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