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svenpdb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
phillysaurus's review against another edition
I didn’t get far - the writing is gratuitously convoluted and needlessly dense. Maybe it’s the translation? Either way I’m immediately turned off.
curran_brian's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
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
5.0
robert_bethencourt's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
elisascrive's review against another edition
The wall of text didn’t do it for me. Forse è per il mio attention span di 15 millesimi, ma non riuscivo a stare dietro alla storia senza distrarmi.
I paragrafi, caro amico dal cognome impronunciabile, ti prego.
As far as the trama goes, ancora non era successo nulla per le prime 100 pagine. Altro deterrente.
I paragrafi, caro amico dal cognome impronunciabile, ti prego.
As far as the trama goes, ancora non era successo nulla per le prime 100 pagine. Altro deterrente.
naddie_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Because, at that moment, he comprehended the driving force behind all this: necessity providing the momentum for existence, momentum bringing forth preparation, preparation in turn paving the way for participation, a positive participation in the relationships thus prescribed, the point at which our very beings try to choose whatever is favourable through a set of predetermined exploratory reflexes, so that accomplishment should depend on them, and the question of whether such a relationship really existed naturally enough presented itself to him in passing, and it depended on patience, on the fine particulars and accidentals of the struggle, since the success of the enterprise, the achievement of a depersonalized sense of mere presence, he now acknowledged, and indeed saw, had a decidedly hit-or-miss kind of significance.
Strong start & ending with some insightful philosophical musings sandwiched in between, but I could’ve done with a shorter length of that sandwiched portion tbh. Ending saved this from becoming a 2 star read for me.
aksaah95's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5