«Because it shows how a good idea can be realised in thoughtful, entertaining and unpretentious stories”
Kaja Schjerven Mollerin, Klassekampen, Books of the Year 2022
“Written with passion and enthusiasm … Nilsen’s prose is light and inviting … The nasty sides of our animal husbandry and the way we lock animals up in zoos is a red thread running through several of the stories … an opportunity to shed light on our contradictory relationship to animals. She has succeeded by sharing of herself and telling us stories about her own animals, in exotic company with animals she only can dream about”
Turid Larsen, Dagsavisen
“Elephants have a powerful memory, and Nilsen resembles them in this respect, using her trained author’s memory to sensuously breathe life into the emotions of childhood … The book can be read as a call to arms for animals’ rights to their own place on earth. It argues with, as well as embraces, our tendency to anthropomorphize animals”
Andreas Wiese, Dagbladet
