Books by Linda Olsson
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review 1: Wonderfully beautiful but plain prose. This is a quiet book by a very talented author that manages to give the reader so many details in such a wonderful way that one can't help but placing themselves in the characters place as they are reading. If I had to choose a theme for thi...
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review 1: Linda Olsson writes with an elegance reminiscent of Scandinavian furnishings... Clean lines, minimal frills, solid foundation. Do not read this novel if you need an action-driven story.... Most of this book dwells on the emotional responses to off-stage action, described with in...
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review 1: There are a number of readers who rate this book as four or five stars for good reason. Its a three for me. For me, the writing wasn't as engaging as Olsson's first novel, "Astrid and Veronika." The story takes place in New Zealand, Poland and Sweden. It reflects the impact o...
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review 1: I can't help but contrast this with Olsson's first, amazing novel, Astrid & Veronika. Although they're both written with beautiful, flowing, emotionally absorbent prose, I connected with the first but not the second.This one was a bit more difficult for me to love for a few reaso...