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A review by saguaros
The True Deceiver by Tove Jansson
4.0
I found this really difficult to rate because on the one hand, I really loved reading it *while* I was reading it, but on the other hand for a solid 2/3 of it when I wasn’t reading it I never wanted to pick it up and I had to force myself to go back to it before I had to send it back to the library.
Ultimately though, I just really liked it. I really love Tove Jansson but not everything she writes really resonates with me. This though, especially in the last third, really crept under my skin. There are layers here, in the sparse, direct, carefully chosen prose that I will think about for a while.
Ultimately though, I just really liked it. I really love Tove Jansson but not everything she writes really resonates with me. This though, especially in the last third, really crept under my skin. There are layers here, in the sparse, direct, carefully chosen prose that I will think about for a while.