Knots: Stories

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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 ā¬‡ļø¸

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick arrangement than we got here, but the others just left me feeling indifferent. The narrator also had a staccato delivery that rarely changed, helping to blend one story into the next and didn't do much more than highlight the repetitive nature of each story. I'm not mad I listened to this, but I can't recommend it.
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mrozzz

Knots: Stories | Gunnhild Ųyehaug

so-so

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.

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mrozzz @AbstractMonica thank you āŗļø¸ 7y

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Knots: Stories | Gunnhild Ųyehaug

"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."

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Knots: Stories | Gunnhild Ųyehaug

....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.

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Knots: Stories | Gunnhild Ųyehaug

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!)

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Bookgirl I struggle with short story collections also. I think the old school Stephen King short story collections are the only ones I've ever jumped right into. 7y

mrozzz @Bookgirl glad I'm not alone here. Stephen King huh?? I'll look for those.... 7y

Bookgirl @mrozzz specifically Night Shift, which has the brilliant Children of the Corn among other gems, Skeleton Crew, and Four Past Midnight. When he strips his writing down to the basics as short stories demand, he's awesomely terrifying. 7y

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mrozzz @Bookgirl yessss. š‘š¸» Perhaps I'll pick it up as a Halloween treat š‘» 7y

Bookgirl @mrozzz Night Shift and Skeleton Crew are both short story collections. Four Past Midnight is 4 novellas, just to clarify. I'd start with Night Shift!