The mother is a little distant, to say the least. Maja’s parents are divorced and she lives with her father. It’s a running gag throughout the story.) So, Maja accidentally saws the tip of her thumb off.īut after that little happening things normalise as much as they can for this novel. Oh, ah, you are wanting to know what caused all this faffing about, aren’t you? Maja, the 17-year-old heroine, is in her sculpture lesson at school, making a shelf for her mother’s impending birthday. I came to the conclusion that there is nothing wrong with starting a novel halfway through chapter two. Anyway, faint heart never read a challenge book. But, you know, I could tell from the bits in between the blood and gore that the writing was pretty good and very witty. After a day’s rest I tried approaching the beginning of the book by taking a running leap at it, but it was still pretty faint-inducing stuff. I squinted carefully at chapter two, before skipping the beginning of that as well. I even asked advice and was told that, no, it was a bit gory but it wouldn’t make me faint or anything. My Swedish novel took some choosing, but my blog research led me unfailingly to Jenny Jägerfeld’s Här ligger jag och blöder (I’m lying here bleeding), which I was only uncertain about because of the blood.
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