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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
"I had grown accustomed to my inner life, resigned to the fact that I had lost my feeling for the outside world and that the loss of its bright colours was an inseparable part of the loss of childhood and that one must to some extent pay for the freedom and maturity of the soul with the renunciation of those pure gleams of light. But now, entranced, I saw that all this had only been clouded over and that it was still possible as a 'liberated' person and renouncer of childhood happiness to see the world shine and savour the delicious thrill of the child's vision."
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.75/5
I expected to love this book more because I find Nietzsche and Jung interesting, but this book just wasn't that great, idk. It was good, but I was expecting greatness
I expected to love this book more because I find Nietzsche and Jung interesting, but this book just wasn't that great, idk. It was good, but I was expecting greatness
dark
reflective
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
No siento que este libro haya sido para mí, se me hizo demasiado abstracto y filosófico. A pesar de que me gustó la idea del autor y lo que trata de reflejar, me parece horrible la ejecución, no me gustó los ejemplos con los que evidencia las cosas, mucho menos las metáforas, también me disgustó el peso religioso, ese fanatismo me parece absurdo y aunque entiendo que es propio del tiempo y que es algo que Hesse pone intencionadamente, me choca bastante. Tampoco me gustó lo simbólico que es absolutamente todo en este libro y menos aún lo rebuscado de las comparaciones, en fin, definitivamem no fue para mí, lo único que me gustó de la historia, si es que de le puede llamar así, es el hecho de cuestionar y darle otro enfoque al tema de Caín y Abel, tanto de lo ocurrido entre ellos, como de la supuesta "marca", sinceramente creo que fue la única comparación genial, pero igualmente NO lo recomiendo.
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
slow-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
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The bird struggles out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born must destroy a world. The bird is flying to god. The name of the god is called Abraxas.
This book is intensely interesting and so amazing, and I find it hard to believe this is one of Hesse's earliest novels. I don't know what author at that time would wish to start their career with something as controversial as I imagine this would've been. I found it in a dollar box outside a bookstore, an yellowed and slightly scuffed copy, reeking of "read into my mysteries, darling, you won't be disappointed." It's an exceptionally quick read, and definitely worth the time.
This book is intensely interesting and so amazing, and I find it hard to believe this is one of Hesse's earliest novels. I don't know what author at that time would wish to start their career with something as controversial as I imagine this would've been. I found it in a dollar box outside a bookstore, an yellowed and slightly scuffed copy, reeking of "read into my mysteries, darling, you won't be disappointed." It's an exceptionally quick read, and definitely worth the time.