Perfume

I wasn’t really impressed by Patrick Süskind’s book Perfume. I had heard so much about it and that is why I bought it, but after finishing it, I was far from satisfied. This is not a book I will remember in a couple of years.
I thought the story was lacking depth and I never got into it. In the end it became a chore to finish it, rather than a pleasure. But I guess that is how it is with some books, you are just not that in to them!
Josefine

My recommendations: The scarlet letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Death again

I keep finding these books about death the last one I read were James Bradely’s The Resurrectionist. It is about a boy in London during the 19th century who studies anatomy under a famous anatomist. He soon becomes tangled up with the people who provide the body for the great doctor. Body snatcher would probably be the term of today, but then they were resurrectionists and making good money out of it.
The ending was a bit tame and could have been made more interesting, but it was a good read anyway. Lots of violence but not disturbingly written.
Josefine

My recommendations: Black water by Joyce Carol Oates

Books and feelings

I like books that have strong feelings and even better if the author manages to convey that feeling to the reader. It is far from many books and writers that have that effect on me. There are many writers who write good books that I enjoy reading, but they will not last in my mind more than a couple of weeks.
I like to laugh out loud when I am reading, look behind my back so no one will squeeze up on me and fall in love with the love interest of the character. These feelings are necessary for me to keep the interest in the book. Some of the writers that almost always succeed in capturing my attention are Stephen King, Dodie Smith and Fannie Flagg.
I will always finish a book I started, if it interests me or not, but there are only a few of them that I will remember vividly a year from now.
Josefine

My recommendations: The girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King