“A bold man portrays an inexperienced woman’s life the way she experiences it … a young woman [is] about to give birth, and the reader gets to know the entire intensely omverwhelming process in her own words … as simple as it is ambitious”
5/6 stars, Stavanger Aftenblad

“An intense, realistic book novel about a young couple and the dizzying, fragile time before and after the birth of a child … Bugge is a writer who previously, through two short story collections and a novel, has used his literary skills to make characters come alive in a credible way”
5/6 stars, Adresseavisen

“This is a vulnerable story about a very fragile phase in a life which was fragile to begin with … a beautiful depiction of an experience which is as unique as it is universal”
Dagsavisen