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felixb's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
3.5
jess_mango's review against another edition
4.0
Short Story? Novella? Call it what you want. I rate this one somewhere between 4 and 4.5 stars.
Amok is a tale of a tale. The narrator is on an ocean liner headed from India to Europe when he meets another passenger on a dark deck. This mysterious passenger hides mostly in the shadows and offers the narrator a drink and begins to tell his story. The man is a German doctor who was assigned to a remote station in the Indian countryside...hours from the nearest town. He is not living his best life. Then a white woman shows up at his door. The doctor wavers back and forth between his professional duty as a doctor, his personal desires and pride. So begins the doctor's slide into running amok.
This was a very intense story that just hooked me right in. I definitely had a few "oh no he didn't!" moments. :) I will definitely look into reading more stuff by Zweig.
Amok is a tale of a tale. The narrator is on an ocean liner headed from India to Europe when he meets another passenger on a dark deck. This mysterious passenger hides mostly in the shadows and offers the narrator a drink and begins to tell his story. The man is a German doctor who was assigned to a remote station in the Indian countryside...hours from the nearest town. He is not living his best life. Then a white woman shows up at his door. The doctor wavers back and forth between his professional duty as a doctor, his personal desires and pride. So begins the doctor's slide into running amok.
This was a very intense story that just hooked me right in. I definitely had a few "oh no he didn't!" moments. :) I will definitely look into reading more stuff by Zweig.
sma_olivia's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
yoshin's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
noemie_0612's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion and Sexism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
cnd's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
imge's review against another edition
4.0
Even though it is a short story, the characters are very deep, and you can feel their emotions.
I've never lost interest during the story. I like the discussion about responsibility.
But it was little disturbing to read because of the doctor's racist, misogynistic, and colonialistic mindset. And since it was written in the 1920s, this shouldn't come as a surprise, but still, these things were also never addressed in the story. It sure didn't age well.
well the doctor needs to get a life asap
I've never lost interest during the story. I like the discussion about responsibility.
But it was little disturbing to read because of the doctor's racist, misogynistic, and colonialistic mindset. And since it was written in the 1920s, this shouldn't come as a surprise, but still, these things were also never addressed in the story. It sure didn't age well.
well the doctor needs to get a life asap
kiberen's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
cjt64's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Xenophobia, and Racism
mayam330's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Bardzo ciężko jest mi ocenić tę książkę z uwagi na zupełny brak oceny zachowania głównego bohatera (co być może charakterystyczne dla freudowskiej epoki odkrywającej relatywizm moralny). I mimo że samo w sobie nie jest to wadą, to zastanawiam się nad sensem opowiadania tej historii - w istocie przywłaszczenia tragedii kobiety przez mężczyznę, a właściwie jej oprawcę. Nie odpowiada mi do końca, że to jest jego historia, że czytamy o obrzydliwym pragnieniu zdominowania i upokorzenia kobiety tylko dlatego, że zbyt mało prosiła i się nie uśmiechała, a nie znamy jej historii, nie możemy obserwować narastającego lęku i poczucia osaczenia przez społeczne konwenanse. Przy czym ukazany tok myślenia bohatera jest naprawdę przerażający i mam szczerą nadzieję że mężczyźni nie myślą tak o kobietach. A no dodatek stare kolonialne poczucie wyższości nad rdzenną ludnością
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Racial slurs, Stalking, and Suicide