Reviews of Little Star

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Reviews of Little Star

Post by drakkar » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:14 am

Ordfront has published exerptions from several reviews of Little Star. I find this page particularly interesting because it draws parallels to JAL's earlier works, discussing developments in his writing.
http://www.ordfront.se/Bocker/Recension ... jarna.aspx
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Re: Reviews of Little Star

Post by Doosty » Tue Sep 21, 2010 3:55 pm

AHHH! Reading this just makes me want to read the book THAT much more. Why do I have to wait so long for it to be translated to English? :(.

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Re: Reviews of Little Star

Post by drakkar » Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:32 pm

Yesterday my regional newspaper (Adresseavisen) had an excellent review of Little Star. The tagline:
The author is exceptional good in his ability to integrate popular cultural phenomena deeply rooted in the swedish people.
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Re: Reviews of Little Star

Post by Nightrider » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:10 am

Here's a really good review(dated Jan.23, 2013) from a person that really gets the novel.

http://www.heartofhorror.com/2013/01/jo ... round.html
The plot of Little Star is at once both beautifully simple and incredibly complex. The story is a simple tale of an abandoned child and the family who finds her but beneath that surface is an incredibly weird tale which I can’t outline here without spoiling, so I won’t. Suffice to say that singing babies, serial killing children and Abba feature heavily in what may well be the most bizarre, yet compelling tale I have read in a long time....
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Re: Reviews of Little Star

Post by Opeth » Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:14 am

Nightrider wrote:Here's a really good review(dated Jan.23, 2013) from a person that really gets the novel.

http://www.heartofhorror.com/2013/01/jo ... round.html
The plot of Little Star is at once both beautifully simple and incredibly complex. The story is a simple tale of an abandoned child and the family who finds her but beneath that surface is an incredibly weird tale which I can’t outline here without spoiling, so I won’t. Suffice to say that singing babies, serial killing children and Abba feature heavily in what may well be the most bizarre, yet compelling tale I have read in a long time....
They do really seem to get the essence of Little Star. Nice and concise review. :)

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