It's Fine by Me, (Paperback)

from slvoight

I received this book as a Goodreads ARC giveaway. This was a great book and I really enjoy it

from oldblack

I like Petterson's style, and although I don't think this is his best book, I still found it very enjoyable. His characters are very introspective and observant about their relationships. The main character is only young, but he speaks with a mature voice and this is certainly not YA genre. It's ...

from PilgrimJess

It's Fine By Me is narrated by Audun Sletten and opens with him as a thirteen-year-old starting a new school in Veitvet, a working-class district of Oslo, where along with his mother and siblings they have fled from their rural home to an urban flat to escape their drunken, abusive father. Struct...

from TheJeanette

What was it like to be a teenager in Oslo in 1970? For Audun Sletten, it's not a particularly pleasant life. He's a sullen young man, prone to drunkenness and apathy, and already quite defeated for one so young. We learn some of what made him that way as he alternates between present and past ten...

from MSarki

Basically I was wrong about thinking this an inferior work by Per Petterson. It was simply not what I like to read, but it was very well-written and well worth my time. There is much to like about this book and anything I might have to say about it would ruin the experience for somebody else so i...