“This is my first time reading it, and so far I love it. It has a beauty, and a haunting, detailed reality to it. I have to say, and this is just my humble opinion, but I really liked the movie. But then I am biased when I comes to Gabriel Byrne and Julia Ormond. I happen to love both of them. But, I will say that I don't think any movie could capture this book to it's fullest extent.”
“I am half-way through the book and will finish it. I have actually seen the movie, which I remembered as having terrific scenery, a lot of atmosphere, and appealing lead actors. It wasn't a great movie, and I am enjoying the psychological detail as well as the details of time and place, but at times the detail is overwhelming, unnecessary, and slows down the story. I didn't go out of my way to find the book; someone gave me their copy. I disagree about the movie; I thought it was worthwhile if only because of the cinematography, but then I am a visual sort of person.”
“I read this book when it was first released, and it's haunted me for years. There is so much rich detail in this one....it is beautiful. Do not watch the film -- it is a horrible rendition. As others have noted, it's a unique read.”
“I loved this book as well. It was so very different from anything else out there. I was lush, tense and gritty. The film, of course, did not quite do it justice. But they never do.”
“This is probably the best book I've read in the last couple of years. Highly recommended.”
“Brilliant story. I could not put it down after I had started the book. ”
“Hi solyaris - I totally loved the book too. I went looking for his others to see if he'd written another featuring her but it didn't seem so. It was a fantastic book!”
“I simply love this book. I love Smilla to the point of exclaming "Smilla Jaspersen c'est moi"! each winter I fell the urge of reading this book. I can feel the breeze of the frozen north and the lights of aurora borealis through it. and each time I se the snow falling I think at Smilla's sense of snow and the beauty of a language that is so fond of snow it has almost a hundred words to describe it...but especially in summer, when it gets very hot, I open the book and read over and over again descriptions of each type of snow. I am very fond of this book...”
