Title: A gloomy look at life
Product review: Grondahl may be famous in Europe, but there must be something in his writing that just doesn't translate well into English. Lucca is the protagonist who we are supposed to like: she is beautiful, talented, and tragic--or at least that's what I think Grondahl wanted his readers to feel. However, Lucca comes off as more of a prig than anything else, and Robert is so detached from those close to him that it is difficult for the reader to like him as well. Lucca is beautiful, and we know she will get any man she desires, and even those she doesn't. There is only one surprising scene in the novel, and it's a disturbingly gross one at that. The rest of the plot seems to be filled with shallow passionate moments and relationships that never go beyond chic Eupropean detachment.The author takes such a pessimisic view of love and life that it seemed better for my soul to stop reading Lucca than to finish it. But for some reason I did, and I can't say that I'm glad I have.
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