“The relationship with Vera is the tender heart of the novel, and Lillebø convincingly depicts how what should be something beautiful becomes a lifelong wound.”
Lone Bodot, Bergens Tidende, 5/6 stars

“Vera is a tender and heartbreakingly well-written novel about an unnamed girl who looks back on a short period in her life. A period with a foal, a boyfriend – and unbearable loneliness.”
Mia Bull-Gundersen, Bok365, 5/6 stars

“It is an interesting approach by Lillebø to turn every horse girl’s big dream into an overwhelming nightmare … the childhood stories she writes are truly powerful prose. Lillebø has a closeness and sensitivity in her language, with an eye for the great dramas in the small moments.”
Josefine Gjerde, Vårt Land

“Sandra Lillebø is a discerning stylist; she is linguistically elegant and a master of apt metaphors – such as when she describes the feeling of riding into language like a cyclist inadvertently crashing into a flock of frightened pigeons.”
Inger Bentzrud, Dagbladet