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A review by sophoclea
Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
“The world is still black
I wake up on the shortest day of the year into the longest night of time.
It will be a long time before the light dissolves the night in the world takes on a form. I listen out for sounds in the house and I think I hear movement in the loft. I get up and pull the curtains back. A soft gray haze hovers over the graveyard. An airplane emerges from a cloud and vanishes into another. The day never really manages to break through.”
I wake up on the shortest day of the year into the longest night of time.
It will be a long time before the light dissolves the night in the world takes on a form. I listen out for sounds in the house and I think I hear movement in the loft. I get up and pull the curtains back. A soft gray haze hovers over the graveyard. An airplane emerges from a cloud and vanishes into another. The day never really manages to break through.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Death