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[the] unique narrator reveal[s] a feeling for beauty which can transform as sensuously as a snowdrift... lush, lyrical prose
--Guardian --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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`In Hoeg's hallucinatory prose, Copenhagen has a sinister near-future feel... there are also passages of lyrical beauty'
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Peter Hoeg returns to themes he explored in Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow in this bewilderingly fast-paced thriller set almost entirely in Copenhagen. Circus clown Kaspar Krone is on the trail of the abductors of KlaraMaria, the quiet girl of the title. The quiet girl is one of a group of children who (like Krone himself) appear to possess extraordinary abilities. But is everything as it seems ?
As in his previous work, Hoeg takes the thriller genre and weaves a compelling story that emerges piece by piece, while gently teasing the reader at the same time, forcing his audience to question how much of the tale is a smokescreen. This is a book that doesn't cease to surprise and challenge and deserves to be read at least twice.
As in his previous work, Hoeg takes the thriller genre and weaves a compelling story that emerges piece by piece, while gently teasing the reader at the same time, forcing his audience to question how much of the tale is a smokescreen. This is a book that doesn't cease to surprise and challenge and deserves to be read at least twice.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really wanted to enjoy this as it came highly recommended by a friend whose opinions I usually respect. But I could not seem penetrate the storyline, I never really felt that I understood what was going on.
Kasper Krone is (was?) a circus clown, seemingly quite famous, and also a talented violinist. At some point he has made enough money that the Inland Revenue is after him for tax evasion. He seems to be constantly just ahead of them, just out of reach, thanks to the help of various random people who he phones out of the blue, and a lot of luck.
There is also the Quiet Girl of the title, KlaraMaria, 9 years old, who drifts in and out of his life on some random chronology that I was unable to fathom. He is drawn to her because she has extrasensory abilities. She seems to be living with nuns, has apparently been kidnapped, yet is able to suddenly appear in his caravan, unaccompanied.
Kasper also has the ability to garner all sorts of information about people and places by their musical note, something that I found overused, well beyond the boundaries of believability. On top of this Kasper seems to have this amazing power over women by just flattering them - when actually, as a character he really has no appeal at all.
I'm really not at all clear what is going on, it's like reading a book through a haze. The coincidences are just piling up and my tolerance is failing. Enough is enough, I'm on to my next book!
Kasper Krone is (was?) a circus clown, seemingly quite famous, and also a talented violinist. At some point he has made enough money that the Inland Revenue is after him for tax evasion. He seems to be constantly just ahead of them, just out of reach, thanks to the help of various random people who he phones out of the blue, and a lot of luck.
There is also the Quiet Girl of the title, KlaraMaria, 9 years old, who drifts in and out of his life on some random chronology that I was unable to fathom. He is drawn to her because she has extrasensory abilities. She seems to be living with nuns, has apparently been kidnapped, yet is able to suddenly appear in his caravan, unaccompanied.
Kasper also has the ability to garner all sorts of information about people and places by their musical note, something that I found overused, well beyond the boundaries of believability. On top of this Kasper seems to have this amazing power over women by just flattering them - when actually, as a character he really has no appeal at all.
I'm really not at all clear what is going on, it's like reading a book through a haze. The coincidences are just piling up and my tolerance is failing. Enough is enough, I'm on to my next book!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Hoeg is back on form with The Quiet Girl. To appreciate the magical pared down writing that he is so good at you really must remove all distractions, clear your mind. Its rich and velvety like dark chocolate and equally bitter. Makes you want to wander around Copenhagen and listen to the church bells. I was gripped from the outset.
Other reviewers have told you the story; but <How> it is told you will have to find ot for yourself
Other reviewers have told you the story; but <How> it is told you will have to find ot for yourself
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Utter Rubbish
Having read Miss Smilla I was very disappointed with this.
- Poorly translated
- Disjointed and difficult to follow
- Ludicrous paper-thin characters
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- Poorly translated
- Disjointed and difficult to follow
- Ludicrous paper-thin characters
-... Read more
Published 20 months ago by D. Foot
Interesting, but a little hard to follow
I have read a few of Peter Hoeg's books and they all differ from each other, the brilliant Miss Smilla's and the Woman and the Ape. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2009 by Joann Timuoy
Music + Silence, strange, elliptical and a spiritual journey thriller
There is much in this book which almost reads like a primer on a spiritual quest into the heart of love, and also a journey to meet the anima. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2008 by Lady Fancifull
"Love has something to do with peace."
I'd love to be able to write like this. At the start nothing is explained, things just happen, but there are already so many weirdnesses and questions before two pages are read,... Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2008 by D. Robertson
Sheer disappointment
I loved "Miss Smilla" and waited a long time for this book. And it was about children with special powers (Great!), and Bach's music (Brilliant!). Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2008 by Z de MC
Baffling
I loved Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, and was looking forward to this, but I found it truly baffling. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2007 by Bestbooksforchildren
"I had a deal with SheAlmighty. To play all the notes. Including the...
Peter Hoeg's first novel in ten years takes the reader on a trip through an almost psychedelic world of circus clowns, children with mystical abilities, powerful nuns, evil... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Mary Whipple
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