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James Parnell jamesparnell — Jeg har lenge hatt lyst til å lese Kongens merke av Erling Pedersen, siden bøker som omhandler historiske hendelser er spennende. Denne boka er intet unntak :) Ved å blande historie om Christian 4. , religion og trolldom, har forfatteren skapt en spennende historie. Ved siden av Christian 4. følger vi Aona og datteren hennes, Erla. Både Aona og Erla er merket av kongens merke, noe som fører både godt og vondt med seg. Mye av de historiske faktaene veves godt sammen med handlingen. Som f-eks da Erla er med i kampen mot skotten Sinclair. Dette er den første av bøkene i en triologi, og jeg gleder meg til å lese neste bok - Kongens kvinner :)

Gabriel Lacerda gabriellacerdacg0891 — Oh this book is just terrific. The prose is so light and airy and flows so beautifully... which all belies the pretty serious things that go on. Written in the late '60s, re-released a few years ago by Thunder's Mouth, this is the story of Bettina Balser, an upper-middle-class housewife who is freaking out about the stifling life she finds herself in the thick of. The characters (her husband, his "classy" friends, the housekeeper, their children and neighbors) are perfectly drawn, and the dialogue is impeccable. This story is wholly believable, and fantastically put together. Highly, highly recommended. *** Update. You know, this book has really stuck in my head since I recently finished it. And I'm actually pretty unhappy (in retrospect) about the ending. I don't want to ruin it, though this isn't really that kind of book, but basically, everything just gets tied up in a far too terrific way. Bettina and her husband have been in a silent, seething fight for months, the kind of fight that encompases their entire lives, really, where neither would even consider backing down, because it would be anathema to even think that they might be at fault. And but then there's this crazy climax scene where finally everything comes out, kind of, and hubby just breaks down. Not only does he back down, but he completely puts the whole thing on himself, takes responsibility for all the awfulness that they've both been going through. Not that I think he was wrong to do so (obvs, the book is from Bettina's POV, so we're likely going to side with her), but it's almost too wonderful to have him go through such a change of heart like that. It's like a fantasy ending, the kind of resolution that people who happen to be in sometimes-contentious relationships (no one I know, of course) only dream of. Which just made me sadder and sadder the more I've been thinking about it, that Sue Kaufman either just took the happily-ever-after, easy way out, or was so depressed by her own situation (sorry, I read most everything as if it's autobiographically based) that she had to dream up an if-only and put it together, maybe as something to hold up as a beacon of hope. I still like the book immensely, but I sorta want to retract my earlier rapturous proclamation of its believability and all that.

Harita C harita17 — LOVE this book!!!!