![]() ![]() ![]() I get confused with the different characters and the politics of the whole thing.Īt the beginning (I'm only 100 or so pages in) Smilla seemed to be gaining access to everyone and everything so easily and I was wondering (still am) just how a civilian could do this. I feel like I'm a couple of steps behind the story all the time and I'm struggling to keep up with what's going on. The politics/history of the relationship between Denmark and Greenland is also a learning curve for me (albeit an interesting one). This makes it difficult for me to identify with her character. My own country is so different to Denmark/Greenland I've seen snow briefly just a couple of times in my life so I can't fathom Smilla's passion for it. I think it's partly due to the setting and partly due to the writing. ![]() I've read a lot of books set in various locations around the world but Smilla feels the most 'foreign' to me by far. ![]()
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