«A luminous journey to hell. DARKLAND by Tore Renberg is not only terrifyingly suspenseful, it also contains a few insights into the country we live in … a literary attack from all sides – from a writer who now not only stands out for his technical skills, but who also offer insights into how we can keep a family together in a small-town community, and about the possibilities we have – and don’t have – to intervene in other people’s lives.”
NRK P2
“Renberg has found an excellent image of how a darkness of the soul can contaminate through contact, how bad things seem to arise through human contact: A hole in the hedgerow … DARKLAND is a brilliant novel … a likably simple, but cunningly composed book”
Morgenbladet
“A thought-provoking, highly topical novel with weighty existential depth. A well composed tale of suspicion, inner darkness and a predicted disaster … A thrillerish nerve … Renberg offers a good, claustrophobic depiction of how a slight unease turns into firm belief”
5/6 stars, Stavanger Aftenblad
“Shudder! And sob … The reader will have to find out for herself and join a detective like hunt for clues, through memory, house and and cabin. It’s terrifying. A real thriller … DARKLAND is undoubtedly a successful book. A thriller with a heart … Renberg has written a suspenseful book”
Dagsavisen
“Renberg writes beautifully and nervewrackingly about our merciless human existence … The way it is composed it can remind you of a Roald Dahl story, where something very sinister keeps us on the edge of our seats … There is something about Jørgen’s naivite and the underlying eeriness that almost take the reader’s breath away. Like a crime story, where we are constantly wondering about what the mysterious neighbour is hiding … Read this!”
5/6 stars, Dagbladet
«Brilliantly mysterious and suspenseful … DARKLAND is a book you won’t be able to put down … he lets the reader ask herself questions all the time. This device is what makes the story so enormously suspenseful … All I can do is applaud”
Studvest
“A suspenseful book about what’s beneath the shiny surface … Renberg, who this time has written in the nynorsk dialect, sticks to a light, everyday tone throughout the book, without taking away the serious edge … This versatile writer from Rogaland really knows how to get a grip on the pain and pull it out into the light. He lets the most painful sides of life unfold in a recognizable place”
Vårt Land
