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Varm mjölk by Deborah Levy

23 reviews

lanid's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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whorl_studio's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love Deborah Levy’s storytelling and prose, building worlds that are equally realistic as well as bizarre and comical. I enjoyed the child-parent tensions in this novel, the coming-of-age of grown ups forging their own paths. The realisation that sometimes parents and their children can’t be friends and that expectations can be suffocating. 
I also enjoyed the link to textile crafts, the allegory of speaking through the needle made absolute sense to me as a sewist!
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biobeetle's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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brotestantethic's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Exactly why I can’t stand anthropologists. This was a pretty big disappointment. There are way too many themes present, and some of them are more enticing than others. I really enjoyed the Dr. Gómez and Rose scenes. I thought the way her illness morphs to affect Sofia was really intelligent. Scenes with Rose were always the most dynamic. However, this is a novel about a Greek girl trying to connect the pieces of her identity, and it is not written by a Greek author, which is painfully obvious. I also took issue in the way lesbianism was represented as a metaphor here. I disliked Ingrid Bauer immensely and did not follow how
she was in love with Sofia the whole time. She just seemed like a spoiled brat who wanted everyone to herself.
I did not like how the book was written in rambling sentences. I can get behind it when the vibes are good, and I will admit to some good scenic description, but ultimately it was too all over the place and tried to accomplish too much. 
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emmalg07's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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libby_l96's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Oof I loveeed this novel 🪼
So weird and sad and funny at the same time. My kind of lit fic.
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pikkumarja's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Pitäisi lopettaa sellaisten kirjojen lukeminen, joissa tuntuu siltä kuin pitäisi tykätä hahmoista, mutta ei todellakaan tykkää. Kirjassa hahmot eivät ole pidettäviä, vaikkakin ne ovat aitoja. Kaikki tuntuu epätodelliselta, tavallaan painajaisunelta, jossa kaikki on joko liioiteltua, vähäteltyä tai muutoin väritettyä, ja mittasuhteet aina pielessä.

Kieli on kaunista ja tarina tietyllä tavallaan seesteisyydessään kiinnostava. En kuitenkaan ehkä tartu enää Levyn kirjoihin.
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arabellaruby's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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ashp's review against another edition

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slow-paced
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saarahrust's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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