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I liked the writing, but the stories were strange and not especially memorable after I had read them

This was a strange audiobook. The stories in this short collection all felt similar. The author has a repetitive style that is prevalent through nearly every single story, and with one narrator, they flow together too easily. Only one story, Small Knot, stood out. Marianne gives birth to a son and the umbilical cord in unbreakable. She will be physically connected to her son, Kare, for life. I would've loved more exploration into their ⬇️

Both fanciful and confusing. Fun and light. A couple vignettes were so purposeful & real- others were too strange & short to comprehend. Several have a thin string tying them together.

I'd read more. Would like to see how Øyehaug handles a novel. Some sentences are senselessly long, to the point where I lose my train of thought trying to keep but elsewhere they are poignant and accessible... I find short story collections hard to engage with.

"Sometimes when you read it's like certain sentences strike home and knock you flat. It's as if they say everything you have tried to say, or tried to do, or everything you are. As a rule, what you are is one simmering, endless longing."

....her eyes get hot, she hates her cousin, she hates the doors in the house, she hates the heat, she hates everything.

She hates the whole world.

Not loving my current fiction read so I'll jump into this adorable mini-book of #shortstories - it's both pretty and fun. I don't frequently pick up books of stories, I typically prefer a bigger commitment (I don't know why.... I guess I just don't know who to read!)

#30daysofreadathon

Stories, varying from short to very short. Not bad, but nothing memorable.

Next up--short stories from Norway.