“These are the bits that set my brain tingling with its masochistic fetish for foulness. I gorged on the grime and uneasiness...”
Lol!
You read it, Adam! This makes me very happy and I’m glad that you liked it even though you found some parts boring. I liked it from begging to end but maybe it was because I had listened to it.
Try listening to the second book. The narrator, Edoardo Ballerini, is fantastic. By far my favorite narrator and I listen to a lot of books. I wouldn’t be surprised if my enjoyment of these books wouldn’t be diminished if I had to read them instead of listening. Ballerini is that good.
Yes, it’s a lot of musings. Which I love if they’re coming from someone worth listening to, and Knausgaard is, imo. I remember really liking Book 2. Book 2 and 4 were my favorite.
Book 6 is good too if you’re into history, psychology and WWII. Book 6 is very long. There is a 400 page essay, pretty much, just on Hitler. His take was fresh and very interesting, and even though I thought I had heard everything that can be said on the subject, I found Knausgaard’s take enthralling.
This is the level of dysfunctional that I enjoy. Plus your review's lyrical wizardry has me wanting to read it even more!
“These are the bits that set my brain tingling with its masochistic fetish for foulness. I gorged on the grime and uneasiness...”
Lol!
You read it, Adam! This makes me very happy and I’m glad that you liked it even though you found some parts boring. I liked it from begging to end but maybe it was because I had listened to it.
Try listening to the second book. The narrator, Edoardo Ballerini, is fantastic. By far my favorite narrator and I listen to a lot of books. I wouldn’t be surprised if my enjoyment of these books wouldn’t be diminished if I had to read them instead of listening. Ballerini is that good.
Haha! Grime and anxiety are like a drug to me in literature.
I will try the audio for book 2, thanks for the tip.
The boring bits were oddly not off-putting, they just threw me off because it took so long to get to the point of the book.
Yes, it’s a lot of musings. Which I love if they’re coming from someone worth listening to, and Knausgaard is, imo. I remember really liking Book 2. Book 2 and 4 were my favorite.
Book 6 is good too if you’re into history, psychology and WWII. Book 6 is very long. There is a 400 page essay, pretty much, just on Hitler. His take was fresh and very interesting, and even though I thought I had heard everything that can be said on the subject, I found Knausgaard’s take enthralling.
I like to imagine her as a female Charles Bukowski after he's become too old to pick up chicks: Brilliant.
If you were to ask me about this book, ten times a day, I'd give you a different answer, every time.
I changed my mind about it several times while reading it. It's a difficult one to categorise. I wonder how it'd read in the original Norwegian text.