Hilde Hagerup is one of our most uncompromising writers for young adults. She writes savagely, with a rawness of dialogue that some may find shocking, but is undeniably real. In other places she can be pure and poetic, and provide glittering detailed descriptions …Hilde Hagerup drills into the uncomfortable and the evil, and that deserves respect. Just like one of her esteemed colleagues, Harald Rosenløw Eeg, she dares to explore characters who aren’t exactly mother’s favorite child. Although she tells her story with warmth, it is raw and uncomfortable, and readers cannot fail to be moved by it.
(Anne Cathrine Straume, NRK)
