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I love how this book uses food to emphasize mood/tone/circumstance. However, it's gotten pretty hard to get through on account of the minimalistic prose. It doesn't tell you what to think (and I rather like it that way), but it leaves everything bland. It's like recalling a melancholy memory, one you just had to be there to feel. And I struggle to relate.

The two main characters are finally given names, yet I think I will still stutter at recognizing who that name belongs to. It's always been 'she' and 'her mother'. I love the play with pronouns, especially when 'Regitze's son' shows up. It's simple, mostly simple book and simple ideas, but it's so distant and perfect for tone.

realized that my copy has 151 pages not 226.

Minimalist for sure. when I first picked it up, the disjointed thoughts caught my eye. I thought I would relate, except the impossible serenity had me put it down. It was of a time and place that I never got to enjoy and honestly I was jealous. Still am to some extent, but after some distance, I can appreciate the beauty. I find that I both relate, and still struggle to. so much feels average, in a good way. simple.