I was sorely disappointed in this book.
The writing was beautiful. The idea was very interesting and new--a fairy tale about syphilis in Scandinavia, how fresh. The cover is gorgeous. And the copy of the book I got my hands on had red all along the sides making the book stand out beautifully against the other books on the library shelf.
HOWEVER! it was extremely graphic. Both in the sickness and sores that constitute syphilis and in intimate encounters. Describing bodily functions and whatever else have you. It was "gross," as one reader on the Goodreads mentioned, and grotesque.
I only read about sixty or so pages before I became hesitant and went to encounter the comments on Goodreads to know if I should continue reading. Many people gave it five stars for it's beautiful use of language but the rest of the people who gave it lower remarks called it that because of the skanky and perverse scenes.
Originally I found it in the young adult section of my library and, because I work there, was quickly able to suggest to the cataloger to change it to adult. I think this is part of the "New Young Adult" section that is popping up in libraries/book stores, but I don't think that this should be in the YA section of libraries. I would not recommend this to anyone, adult or YA, because although the language is beautiful it is still so very skanky.
If Susann Cokal but I don't think I'll read anything else by you.
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