'100-Y-O-M' I really really enjoyed. It reminded me of a sort of grown up version of the Moomins or any children's cartoon where everything is a bit strange, characters are easily identifiable and bizarre situations are accepted for what they are and everything moves on. A bit Lemony Snicket, but Scandinavian.
The sheer fun of the novel stems from the ridiculousness of each increasing set up our geriatric and his rag tag bunch of allies encounter, intertwined with far fetched and seemingly implausible, yet fantastically believable tales of his life and times across this most recent century. The reader is asked and expected to keep swallowing the impossible simply because it is told in such a wholesome manner. In general the book steers clear of unwanted clutter, there are no overriding stories of human love and forgiveness, or detailed exposes of the criminal world it touches on, just a mild touch of storytelling in a Tintin style.
It's fun, I enjoyed it and I wished it was longer. My only mild sigh was the usual with books from this region in that I started to get confused with this 'sson' and that 'sson'. I also wish I could have written this up sooner as it would've been better on a fresher mind - but we all know who's fault that was ;*ahem* Mr. Conrad'
Surreality - 9/10
Skandi-charm - 8/10
Originality of topic - 10/10
Overall a strong 9/10
Chin up bookamabees - the sun is out in London and it seems spring may finally be here!
The sheer fun of the novel stems from the ridiculousness of each increasing set up our geriatric and his rag tag bunch of allies encounter, intertwined with far fetched and seemingly implausible, yet fantastically believable tales of his life and times across this most recent century. The reader is asked and expected to keep swallowing the impossible simply because it is told in such a wholesome manner. In general the book steers clear of unwanted clutter, there are no overriding stories of human love and forgiveness, or detailed exposes of the criminal world it touches on, just a mild touch of storytelling in a Tintin style.
It's fun, I enjoyed it and I wished it was longer. My only mild sigh was the usual with books from this region in that I started to get confused with this 'sson' and that 'sson'. I also wish I could have written this up sooner as it would've been better on a fresher mind - but we all know who's fault that was ;*ahem* Mr. Conrad'
Surreality - 9/10
Skandi-charm - 8/10
Originality of topic - 10/10
Overall a strong 9/10
Chin up bookamabees - the sun is out in London and it seems spring may finally be here!
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