Radioactivestardust reviewed Burial rites by Hannah Kent
Review of 'Burial rites' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I do not know why I do this to myself. A book about the last executed woman in Iceland. This sounds so bad. But it played in Iceland, the booktuber loved it, so I wanted to read it. Two years later I found it in the library. For free. How nice (it was on my priority TBR anyway out of several reasons). I finished the book within two days (so I'd be done with it faster)
I am not sure what others saw in that book, but I was strongly reminded on Wuthering Heights. You know, the book with the crazy people up north england who basically were so cut off from society that they forget all their morals and acted like the savages they were.
If I imagine an anarchist society this would be it. People so dependent on each other that they will drive each other mad and …
I do not know why I do this to myself. A book about the last executed woman in Iceland. This sounds so bad. But it played in Iceland, the booktuber loved it, so I wanted to read it. Two years later I found it in the library. For free. How nice (it was on my priority TBR anyway out of several reasons). I finished the book within two days (so I'd be done with it faster)
I am not sure what others saw in that book, but I was strongly reminded on Wuthering Heights. You know, the book with the crazy people up north england who basically were so cut off from society that they forget all their morals and acted like the savages they were.
If I imagine an anarchist society this would be it. People so dependent on each other that they will drive each other mad and then apparently kill themselves or each other.
When even Christianity is turned and twisted and doesn't fulfill it's ordinary purpose to give moral, when there is no other education to be gained.
It's a good read, but it's emotionally exhausting. Let's see how time will render my opinion on the book.
Rip: when you realize you finish reading the book on the exact same day Agnes was put to death 189 years ago. Fun guys, fun.
