Spejl, skulder, blink vs The Summer Before the Dark: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Loneliness, Aging, Domestic fiction, Fiction

Spejl, skulder, blink Dorthe Nors · 2016 ★★★☆☆ 3.2 191 pages · ≈ 3 h 32 m · Moderate

Mirror, shoulder, signal is a poignant, sharp-witted tale of one woman's journey in search of herself when there's no one to ask for directions.

The Summer Before the Dark Doris Lessing · 1973 ★★★★☆ 3.6 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Moderate

With her children grown and her husband away in America for several months, Kate Brown finds herself alone for the first time in twenty years.

The verdict

Readers rate The Summer Before the Dark highest: The Summer Before the Dark 3.6 · Spejl, skulder, blink 3.2.
Spejl, skulder, blink has the widest readership — 3117 ratings behind its score.
The Summer Before the Dark runs the darker storyline; Spejl, skulder, blink stays the lighter read.