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A review by mazza57
Let's Hope for the Best by Carolina Setterwall
1.0
I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
An autobiographical tale dressed in Fictional clothing. It opens with a email/text from Aksel with instructions of what to do in case of his death. 6 months later a young supposedly healthy man Aksel dies in his sleep and what follows is a mix of Carolina's reminiscence about the development of their relationship and a recounting of her life after his death. For me it is a stream of memories and events that probably helped Carolina to deal with the events but just read like a list of what happened when to me. I think it failed because the author doesn't weave enough into the fictional narrative, it feels almost emotionless at times. I felt like she could have made more of the the original email from Aksel as she fictionalised this account - why is it the opening plot device and then barely mentioned again?
I think the author might have been better to portray her experience as truly an autobiography or fully fiction, this in between just doesn't work.
An autobiographical tale dressed in Fictional clothing. It opens with a email/text from Aksel with instructions of what to do in case of his death. 6 months later a young supposedly healthy man Aksel dies in his sleep and what follows is a mix of Carolina's reminiscence about the development of their relationship and a recounting of her life after his death. For me it is a stream of memories and events that probably helped Carolina to deal with the events but just read like a list of what happened when to me. I think it failed because the author doesn't weave enough into the fictional narrative, it feels almost emotionless at times. I felt like she could have made more of the the original email from Aksel as she fictionalised this account - why is it the opening plot device and then barely mentioned again?
I think the author might have been better to portray her experience as truly an autobiography or fully fiction, this in between just doesn't work.