This was really short but I still struggled. There were a lot of parts that I think would work well in a story, but the execution was lacking. The characters and situations have the potential to be hilarious.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this.

While I appreciate the concept of this book, I just couldn’t get into it. I had to give up after getting about a third of the way through it. But, thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect by Andrés Stoopendaal follows an over-educated, under-employed man struggling to write his novel during a hot Swedish summer. The protagonist's inflated sense of superiority is humorously contrasted with his many failures, including his part-time job, his girlfriend's brain-damaged dog, and his novel that devolves into fan fiction.

While the book has moments of dark humor and witty prose, it often loses momentum. The satire is heavy-handed, making the story less engaging and sometimes difficult to follow. Despite these issues, there are glimpses of potential in Stoopendaal's writing style.

Overall, this novel might resonate with some readers, but it didn't fully land for me.

This book was a darkly humorous journey with witty prose. However the story occasionally loses momentum.
Many thanks to Atria and to Netgalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Barely got through this. I think there's probably an audience that will enjoy this, but it is sadly not me. Like other reviews said, this is honestly too on the nose to be the satire it wants to be, and it’ just wasn’t all that engaging to me. The writing is fine and I think this book had a lot of potential that just didn’t end up landing for me. I’d still give future works by the author a try, and would be interested to see if something more plot-focused would work better for him and this particular style of writing.

DNF - I found the writing a bit hard to follow & perhaps had I tried to read this at another time I might have found it more enjoyable.

A critique and a satire, but too heavy handed to be well done. Funny, but not subtle enough to make a point to the people its criticizing.

*Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing this book, with my honest review below*

I enjoyed pieces of this book, especially stories around Molly, Maria’s Pomeranian, and how the ‘Molly Incident’ changed the trajectory, a bit, of the main character. That said, perhaps through the translation, this was incredibly hard to read with run on sentences and what felt like a continuous narration that was rarely reined in. This feels very much like an initial draft of a diary than it does a book, and I can’t recommend it with that in mind.