I think I completely missed the point of this book.I added this to my wishlist after reading "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" (1964) which is a semi-autobiographical novel by Joanne Greenberg.Suvanto didn't even nearly compare.I'm not sure if this has been translated poorly, or whether it is supposed to come across to the reader as "clunky" but it just didn't do it for me.I ould imagine the piney wood and the coldness, but the storyline was just a bit flat. Just proof that all books that have cool covers and something about Finland (even some words of Finnish) are not in fact enjoyable reads. The writer's style improves by the end, but the strange narration and general mood of alienation and self-induced malaise was a drag throughout. Nor did I find that the added "spice" of gynecological and obstetric details gave this thin broth a good flavor. Hmm, maybe her next book will be about Finland but leave out the dismal women and gyno stuff?
Interesting book about Finland, women's illnesses but didn't like the end
—anna
Hmm... must look into this. Outsiders rarely set their books in Finland.
—twilightfreak04
Marvelous, uncomfortable; uncomfortably marvelous.
—trishy
Read The Bacchae by Euripedes first.
—crparadise
mysterious, forgiving
—kyery
