Jesse Atkinson reviewed My Struggle Book Five by Karl Ove Knausgård
Review of 'My Struggle Book Five' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
These books are like therapy.
624 pages
English language
Published Dec. 26, 2016
"The fifth book of Knausgaard's powerful My Struggle series is written with tremendous force and sincerity. As a nineteen-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of himself in his writing. But his efforts get the opposite effect - he wants it so much that he gets writer's block. At the same time, he sees his friends, one-by-one, publish their debuts. He suspects that he will never get anything published. Book Five is also a book about strong new friendships and a shattering love affair. Then one day Karl Ove reaches two crucial points in his life: his father dies, and shortly thereafter, he completes his first novel"--
These books are like therapy.