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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
First few chapters were amazing. After that it kind of fell off and became a bit one note. Still fascinated by how Bulgakov can make these (for a lack of a better word) one-dimensional characters and just make them and their personality a gigantic dramatic being. I can continue to read about how a professor turns purple in frustration every time he has a conversation, or how the protagonist keeps acting absolutely pathetic in every scene. It's written in a way that it never gets bored, but just adds to the dramatics. Also, I wish we still addressed each other as comrade, I'd love it.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great satire of soviet russia. Especially good for those studying the period but also those who want to read a unique novel. I rarely use the word 'wacky' but for this book it is perfect. It is the story of a doctor who tries to make a man out of a dog, with a rather interesting product.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
For some reason I don't like books where the main character is an animal???
“Frankenstein” but stayed with the creator instead of running away. The story addresses how accountable is the creator to their creation, and how probable that is. Not satisfactorily executed though.
I like the dog's pov.
The story is politically explicit but only for the sake of the doctor trialing the "proletariats" as uncultured, vulgar, and lazy. Nowhere as charming as Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita.' I wonder whether the "ruination" mentioned in by the doctor in a rage is connected to prominent discourses in USSR at the time of socialization.
“You must realize that the true horror is that he no longer has a dog’s heart but a human one. The worst of all of those that exist in nature.”
I like the dog's pov.
The story is politically explicit but only for the sake of the doctor trialing the "proletariats" as uncultured, vulgar, and lazy. Nowhere as charming as Bulgakov's 'The Master and Margarita.' I wonder whether the "ruination" mentioned in by the doctor in a rage is connected to prominent discourses in USSR at the time of socialization.
“You must realize that the true horror is that he no longer has a dog’s heart but a human one. The worst of all of those that exist in nature.”
was funny at first but then i got confused & could not focus. the story is clunky and too skeptical somehow.
“the true horror is that he no longer has a dog’s heart but a human one. the worst of all of those that exist in nature.”
“the true horror is that he no longer has a dog’s heart but a human one. the worst of all of those that exist in nature.”
I liked it, but couldn't get into it. Like a non-English idiom, things don't always translate well or mean the same thing (in a literary sense).
Main redeeming feature of this book for me was teaching me the phrase 'cocked a snook'