Gro Dahle

Svein Nyhus

Stefie 

I picked up this book while waiting for my student ID photo taken. 
“Roy” was displayed in a library, and first that drawn me was its cover. So, I opened the book, and suddenly my heart was crushed right away.
Almost half way read, I was called and then got my photo taken. Then, class start after that. So I didn’t get a chance to read the whole thing.

Next day, I went to public library and borrow it.
I couldn’t wait! And yeap... again, my heart crushed since the first page. 
This book is so so beautiful, and Gro Dahle is easily become my favourite Norwegian author.
How Dahle wrote the book is so child like. Her voice shows how child would think and say in that situation. The way that kids think about things are sometimes jump from from one point to another.
And if we read it from our perspective, it doesn’t make sense, and we would get confused. But, if you switch your perspective to child’s one, it will all make sense.

My husband actually read this book as well, and he said that he can relate to this book so much, as he lost his dog when he was young. My husband is not really someone who read kids books, but he read this one and loved it. 

If you have a dog or love dogs, this book will crush you. *Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you :p And if you’re new to Norwegian language, I think kids books are amazing source to learn. I recommend this book highly as it SO GOOD, and will make you cry and laugh at the same time 😬

Roy

Reviews