Paradise Rot
Ratings39
Average rating3.3
så jævla utrolig[a: Jenny Hval 3100020 Jenny Hval https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1308210314p2/3100020.jpg] du er genial-1000 til ikke nok tisse
The writing was lovely in spots, and very evocative, and I enjoy a dreamlike feel where the logic and boundaries are a bit off, but I really think I needed this to be occasionally more grounded for contrast.
My fave tribute to feminism, apples, and The Garden of Eden, remains Comfort Me with Apples, by Catherynne M. Valente.
Did not like it at all. I dont why i read it. I dont know why edwards recommended it. I can ssee the ending. I gave one star for the ending because it shone a light on the plot.
It's 2024 and I'm still thinking about this book so that should tell you something. Maybe I'll read Paradise Lost and do a re-read? I can't get over how visceral it is. So weird, so much urine.
what's with the piss thing,,,, but still a fun and weird book and a quick read. greatly encapsulates what it feels like to study abroad and feel like an alien
This is gonna sound psychotic, but with everything I heard about this book I was expecting it to be more gross, and I was a little disappointed that it wasn't.
Dreamy, weird and held my attention.
Jo has arrived in a foreign (very English-sounding) country to attend school. She ends up rooming with a Carrol, in an old brewery that has sort of been turned into an apartment house. They used particle board to separate the rooms (and it doesn't go all the way to the ceiling). Not sound-proof at all. There is a neighbor I'm not sure actually existed.
Either the women start experiencing some sort of magical transformation (the brewery is becoming a garden) OR they are having shared delusions. Either way, I had no idea what was going to happen next and read this in one sitting.
i liked when she peed into the other girls pee. something about apples. you aren't as interesting as you think Jenny Hval.