A review by cthulhu_calamari
The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse

challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

Some things are too experimental. Around the mid-point of this book (which is just one of three volumes) I was fascinated by the pseudo-hypnotic state the prose can create, but as I was nearing the end the trick was pretty tired, and it became a real slog, right up until the last 5 pages when it takes a hard turn with
the protagonist recounting, in first person, being molested by a pedophile when they were six
. No ****ing thank you, Nobel Prize Committee!
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