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Varm mjölk by Deborah Levy

12 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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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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lexaprose_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

Fierce fever dream with an unsatisfying end.

I feel like a lot of it went over my head. Would probably help if I knew more about Greek mythology or Medusa's story.

At no point in my reading could I anticipate what was going to happen next, and that's what kept me interested in the book. Might be worth a reread at some point.

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e11en's review against another edition

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emotional slow-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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samarakroeger's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love Deborah Levy. This book hit at the right time for me — I think it’s a perfect existential mid-20s book that explores family, identity, feeling like a passenger in your own life, and general uncertainty about the future. Let’s just say I can relate to Sofia.

I totally see how this book is not for everyone — it’s weird and slow and very much literary fiction. I read this slowly, too, and it has lived in my mind for a month. There’s so much to unpack and analyze in this book — it’s definitely one with a reread in its future.

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