The Door

Asks interesting and hard-hitting moral and ethical questions, particularily of the values of friendship and privacy, but I didn't exactly fall in love with the narrative built around these questions. The main characters themselves were interesting with flaws that expressed well the overarching themes of the novel, but a lot of the peripheral events and characters seemed a bit superfluous to me. I also found it to be a bit overbearing in its attempt to evoke sad or sympathetic feelings, and if it had been made into a Hollywood movie, it would definitly be labeled as a “Oscar-bait” tearjerker.

Nontheless, it was a quick and accessible read, and it is definitly worth your time even if it wasn't my particular cup of tea.

The story of the unique connection between Magda and her housekeeper Emerence. A story of shame and dependency, trust and pride, stubbornness and age, and how one is set in their ways. Of how you can only truly be hurt by the ones you love, even if its a love that is hard to proclaim. This was quite a haunting meaty story.