It is beautifully written, poetic, clean-cut, free of the clichés most resort to using when writing about sexuality.
- Cathrine Krøger, Dagbladet
Ikke mange norske forfattere kunne skrevet dette.
- Erlend Røyset, Klassekampen
Not many Norwegian authors could have written this.
- Erlend Røyset, Klassekampen
Edy Poppy’s forté is her narrative voice, which is consistently quite cold and distanced. It is as if she assumes a lab scientist’s point of view, retrieves her objects of study and pokes away at them to see how they will react. It is elegantly executed.
- Margunn Vikingstad, Dag og Tid
Poppy har ein fikserande fandenivoldsk nerve i språket sitt.
- Nora Simonhjell, Morgenbladet
There is a riveting, devil-may-care impulse in Poppy’s use of language and in her perspective. She explores mood nuances and emotional variations in the magnetic field between euphoric highs and pathetic lows.
- Nora Simonhjell, Morgenbladet
Dette er noveller som er skrevet med språklig lekenhet og dristighet og med lyst til å provosere, til å hente fram det skambelagte og det fysisk ubehagelige.
- Turid Larsen, Dagsavisen
En knivsegg av en bok.
- Vidar Kvalshaug, Aftenposten
A knife-edge book that confirms that women have taken over the writing of interesting short stories.
- Vidar Kvalshaug, Aftenposten
