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Mästaren och Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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jennyedwall's review

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challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

signealtersten's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

marta_kristin's review

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challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective

5.0

Loved this book! Especially the parts centred on the Master and Margarita together, and the Master speaking about Margarita.

I would like to reread it in the future though, as I believe I would get more out of it once already familiar with the story.

marihelene's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

rowanoats's review

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2.0

When I was a teen, I tried to read La Divina Commedia for a school project. I never got further than skimming through Hell and in retrospect, I really didn't possess enough knowledge about 13th century Italian politics to appreciate it.

This book felt a lot like that. I'm sure it says a whole lot about 1930s Russia but for me, right now, in 2019 without a degree in Russian history and/or literature, it just reads like a weird, random, confusing slog. So many characters and names and nicknames I stood no chance of keeping track of. I don't really know what happened, I don't know what it was a metaphor for, and although the preface of the edition I read claims it's a masterpiece, a manifesto -resistance - I feel like I need to take a class on literature science to truly pick up on any of that.

The second half was better, as it seemed to have more of a plot and I didn't mind the Jerusalem parts as much as others seem to have. I'm glad people enjoy it, but I sure didn't.