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derotanim's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
imogenrose97's review
It got too slow. I wasn't interested in the writing style. I couldn't get into the depictions of nature even though that's very much up my alley. It just wasn't the book for me
pancakebatfish's review against another edition
was this erudite prose? or annoying gibberish? either way, nearly impossible to read
sriq's review against another edition
"two roofs placed one above the other as if there had a moment in which, at its beginning and at its end, two enormous autumn leaves, slightly singed at the edges, were descending, one after the other, and only one of them had arrived, but truly had arrived,"
"namely that they were so close to existence that they had become identical with it, and existence can never be seen, so that, well, if they were here even when they were not here, nothing ever remained of them, only the yearning for them to come, only the fear that they would come, only the memory that they had been here"
"because precisely on the other side of the boundary of silence and yet decisively audible, the flooring creaked once in that spot precisely where its suspension was a bit more uncertain, because there, the walk-way planking creaked, repeating and evoking once again the single weight of a former footstep, the certainty of a memory that someone had once tread here."
"and such a person can do this by taking the next step, and imagining, in his mind's eye, every single object upon which something can be written"
"namely that they were so close to existence that they had become identical with it, and existence can never be seen, so that, well, if they were here even when they were not here, nothing ever remained of them, only the yearning for them to come, only the fear that they would come, only the memory that they had been here"
"because precisely on the other side of the boundary of silence and yet decisively audible, the flooring creaked once in that spot precisely where its suspension was a bit more uncertain, because there, the walk-way planking creaked, repeating and evoking once again the single weight of a former footstep, the certainty of a memory that someone had once tread here."
"and such a person can do this by taking the next step, and imagining, in his mind's eye, every single object upon which something can be written"
tina_yao's review against another edition
2.5
I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone who likes a strong storyline and is very plot-driven.
richchappelow's review
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0