A review by gingerlaura
Nooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik Hermans
4.0
To be honest I'm not a big fan of dutch literature, but I actually enjoyed this book. Although the story started of slow, it slowly started to develop until I was really intrigued by the story line.
What made the book special in my opinion was the fact that everything you could think of was written down. For example, when Alfred is walking 25 kilometers and starts to get tired, he counts his steps and is encouraging himself to continue his journey. Every normal person does this (at least I think so) but to see it actually written down on paper shocked me a little. Alfred's thoughts fly everywhere and I think Hermans did a great job by writing down all of them.
The plot itself was evenly surprising, I didn't expect a lot of things to happen and normally plots don't really surprise me because most of the time they are very predictable.
I rated the book 4 stars and not 5 because of the slow beginning, but if you're searching for some refreshing literature you should definitely read this!
What made the book special in my opinion was the fact that everything you could think of was written down. For example, when Alfred is walking 25 kilometers and starts to get tired, he counts his steps and is encouraging himself to continue his journey. Every normal person does this (at least I think so) but to see it actually written down on paper shocked me a little. Alfred's thoughts fly everywhere and I think Hermans did a great job by writing down all of them.
The plot itself was evenly surprising, I didn't expect a lot of things to happen and normally plots don't really surprise me because most of the time they are very predictable.
I rated the book 4 stars and not 5 because of the slow beginning, but if you're searching for some refreshing literature you should definitely read this!