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Demian

Hermann Hesse

4.05 AVERAGE

welsh_person's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katika's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

richieeeee's review against another edition

4.0

that was fucked up. 4.5 stars

ipb1's review against another edition

3.0

A youngster, with Werther-like levels of self-absorption, develops a raging homoerotic crush on an insufferably intellectually smug school friend, and thence a MILF-fixation. All of which somehow leads to spiritual enlightenment. Aside from that, blah, blah, Nietzsche, wibble wibble, Jung, waffle waffle Gnosticism. Ideal for fans of The Smiths.

dominiquevinc's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

aliceadeux's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bobbo49's review against another edition

3.0

Good, but not great, Hesse - a young man's journey of self-discovery and rejection of the easy and worldly choices, set in the period leading up to Germany's entry into WWI.