When Morris meets Betty, love is unavoidable. In short prose passages, we follow the course of their passionate first love. A confident debut written in a surprising form, which gives the story intelligence and depth. Morris feels like Betty can see everything he's thinking. Betty believes Morris understands her like no one ever before. She tells him everything, even about the dried-up worm that she saw on the sidewalk on the way to school. But sometimes the darkness closes in on Morris. His father is manic-depressive and his mother is always talking about dreams and poetry and her new boyfriend. Morris begins to wonder if crazy people are drawn to each other. Betty points out that he is like his father. As their love grows, it almost consumes them. Soon it's as if they are always trying to escape themselves until they ask, "How do you know when it's over?" With both arms he pulls the comforter...
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Den här boken går löjligt fort att läsa ut, vilket i det här fallet är ett dåligt tecken. Blö, känns som en "alternativ (men ändå så tyyypisk) tonåring" som verkligen gör allt för att passa in i den beteckningen, i bokform. För mycket random skit. Och jag känner inte igen mig, vilket man nog ska göra.
2010-07-10
Betyg
Riktigt vacker bok, fastnar på oräkneligt många sidor och läser dem om och om igen.