Happy as a Dane

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review (and this is why it will be much longer than usual!).

After living in Denmark and having fallen in love with the country, this is just one of the books I read on Danish happiness, hygge and similar topics. However, this is not the one I will suggest to friends, despite being one of the better documented. In fact, while the strength of the book lies in its solid foundation, the author often just throws figures at the readers, without delving and commenting on them and preferring to cite from her short life in Denmark (she left the country when she was 18, as restated at least once in each chapter). Therefore, the book lies in a strange intersection between popular social science and personal account, serving none of them well.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review (and this is why it will be much longer than usual!).

After living in Denmark and having fallen in love with the country, this is just one of the books I read on Danish happiness, hygge and similar topics. However, this is not the one I will suggest to friends, despite being one of the better documented. In fact, while the strength of the book lies in its solid foundation, the author often just throws figures at the readers, without delving and commenting on them and preferring to cite from her short life in Denmark (she left the country when she was 18, as restated at least once in each chapter). Therefore, the book lies in a strange intersection between popular social science and personal account, serving none of them well.