“Magnificent about our small lives. I know no author as original as Ingrid. (…) A fabulous mix of lived lives, poetry, statistics, and brutal facts.”
5/6 stars, Cathrine Krøger, Dagbladet

“People behind dry numbers are given life. Gripping and original about life, illness, and death – based on facts.”
5/6 stars, Stein Roll, Adresseavisen

“With formal creativity and empathetic insight, Ingrid Storholmen uncovers the lives behind health statistics. It shows how statistical enumerations actually deal with lived lives and serves as a contrast to the declarative language of science. With small details, we get to experience the humanity in it all (…) If Storholmen continues along this path, we have many more powerful stories to look forward to.”
Sigrid Elise Strømmen, Vårt Land

“It has become an at times entertaining, at other times heartbreaking contemplation at the threshold of death. Ingrid Storholmen has a sense for the drama of everyday situations. (…) Ingrid Storholmen offers much darkness, but also a bit of light, fine reflections, and many strong, powerful, and helpless voices.”
Turid Larsen, Dagsavisen

“Single sentences make the reading a transformative experience. (…) At its best, Blood Drop Count shows precisely how literature can illuminate the boundaries of the human – in a movement between voice and text.”
Tom Egil Hverven, Klassekampen

“A brilliant field report from the realm of the sick. Ingrid Storholmen’s novel creates vast spaces to reflect on both the political and existential consequences of what it means to be ill. (…) You feel like extracting meaningful statements from every single page to demonstrate the vast spaces the book creates – spaces to both think and feel in. (…) With literary brilliance, Storholmen shows the human richness in Hunt’s project: to help us build societies where we live as well as possible. If this doesn’t strengthen your faith in fiction, I can’t help you.”
Arne Borge, Morgenbladet