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A review by gulshanbatra
The Cold Song by Linn Ullmann
4.0
So, I got this from the local library on reading the jacket blurb, and was expecting some deep, dark, multi-layered and character-rich mystery - you know, the usual page turner, gripping you, yada, yada...
this is nothing of the sort. I almost abandoned it - twice. In the end, I'm satisfied I didn't give up on it.
The book is written very tenderly, and i'm surprised at the amount of pain that the author has managed to convey through her words. The writing is half-way artistic and colorful, kind of like a semi-finished Murakami. That's both a good thing and bad thing. Good because it is not very bulky and heavy to read and lug around(!), and bad because there are instances where I felt I wanted her to scrape at the wounds a little more - i know, sounds sadistic, but there i was.
Overall, the author brings the disparate threads together quite nicely, though the back-and-forth jumping through the timeline is a bit irritating, on more than one occasions.
I'd probably look for more by Linn U. - this book was certainly good enough for that.
this is nothing of the sort. I almost abandoned it - twice. In the end, I'm satisfied I didn't give up on it.
The book is written very tenderly, and i'm surprised at the amount of pain that the author has managed to convey through her words. The writing is half-way artistic and colorful, kind of like a semi-finished Murakami. That's both a good thing and bad thing. Good because it is not very bulky and heavy to read and lug around(!), and bad because there are instances where I felt I wanted her to scrape at the wounds a little more - i know, sounds sadistic, but there i was.
Overall, the author brings the disparate threads together quite nicely, though the back-and-forth jumping through the timeline is a bit irritating, on more than one occasions.
I'd probably look for more by Linn U. - this book was certainly good enough for that.