![]() ![]() If real life had happened, there would have been no book. Following his inclusion, why didn't he call the police? His ex-wife is missing, but it's ok because his teenaged daughter will look into it? That's the main plot of a million other stories where the (ex-)husband is the prime suspect when his wife goes missing. ![]() Several characters in the book point this out, including her father. The book spends a lot of time finding reasons to avoid the obvious: Maja should have immediately reported her mother missing. There are two things that bothered me while reading this book:ġ. These are metaphors for her internal turmoil and for growing up with an emotionally detached mother. Maja is the recipient of numerous physical wounds throughout the book. One weekend, her mother goes missing, and what follows is about solving the mystery of what happened to her. The plot is that Maja’s parents are divorced, and she spends every other weekend with her mother, Jana. It also won the August Prize in 2010 which is an annual Swedish literary prize. ![]() There’s a lot of teen angst that drives the plot, so be prepared. ![]() It was written for young adults, and the protagonist is sixteen years old. That assumption is correct, and anyone looking for an easy, good read will like this book. I read this book in the original Swedish because I figured the text would be simpler. ![]()
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