"What makes his book extraordinary is not what happens, which couldn't be more familiar or ordinary. It's that Knausgaard aims to capture the unending blizzard of feelings, objects, people and situations that make up a life."–NPR
"In exposing himself as a bundle of contradictions, Knausgaard also allows us to see ourselves. And for the most part, however unattractive his teenage self looks in this volume, it works wonderfully well."–
The Guardian "In one sense,
My Struggle is exactly what the digital age was supposed to have killed off: an extraordinarily long, detailed, basically plotless, diffuse, serious, weighty literary novel. But it somehow manages to be absolutely addictive."–
The Globe and Mail "Rock 'n' roll!" the 18-year-old Knausgaard writes in his journal, exhorting himself on in his literary calling. That's the spirit of Book 4: a cry from a kid with an amazing record collection who dreams of being a writer, written by the great -writer he finally becomes."–
The New York Times