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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Diop’s writing is startlingly clear, emotions and thoughts crystallised in their complexity. he focuses on duality, its many forms, and the separation from the self one experiences after war. this book is a triumph, a clear portrait of a man’s descent and the things that might be holding him together.
This WWI book is a great little read. The descriptions and storytelling are suburb. Details were properly harrowing.
The first part of the story was so wonderful, but the story turned away from the war and focused more on the main character's background. While the fantastic writing stayed the same, I was disappointed that the war was swept away by the end.
The first part of the story was so wonderful, but the story turned away from the war and focused more on the main character's background. While the fantastic writing stayed the same, I was disappointed that the war was swept away by the end.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
something about french literature, man
there are two things i didn’t like and i think they were unnecessary. anyway, firstly why would you compare the trenches to a woman’s private part? and waiting to “receive them”, waiting for them to “get inside her”? yeah, no. and secondly describing the rumor as a woman’s body too was nasty. you could have used any metaphor under the sun. leave women alone.
now to what i enjoyed about this book:
i like books when they make you think and wonder, is it revenge, avenging his dead friend who died by the hand of the enemy.. but now when will it stop being about the friend and start being about i’m killing and killing and can’t stop? when is it okay to kill because they are the enemy and becomes bad because he’s scaring his mates? when do the morals and ethics come to the picture? i guess never since it’s war or maybe when concerning the mentality of the people around him.
he ascended to madness, pure madness because of the trauma and developed nihilistic mentality. he reminds me so much of the protagonist of notes from the underground by dostoevsky. an amazing character study and very thought provoking.
there are two things i didn’t like and i think they were unnecessary. anyway, firstly why would you compare the trenches to a woman’s private part? and waiting to “receive them”, waiting for them to “get inside her”? yeah, no. and secondly describing the rumor as a woman’s body too was nasty. you could have used any metaphor under the sun. leave women alone.
now to what i enjoyed about this book:
i like books when they make you think and wonder, is it revenge, avenging his dead friend who died by the hand of the enemy.. but now when will it stop being about the friend and start being about i’m killing and killing and can’t stop? when is it okay to kill because they are the enemy and becomes bad because he’s scaring his mates? when do the morals and ethics come to the picture? i guess never since it’s war or maybe when concerning the mentality of the people around him.
he ascended to madness, pure madness because of the trauma and developed nihilistic mentality. he reminds me so much of the protagonist of notes from the underground by dostoevsky. an amazing character study and very thought provoking.
For only 150 pages this books packs a punch! I’m haven’t really read a book regarding war but this has made me want to change that.
Following a Senegalese soldier fighting under french colonial empire (30,000 killed). He watches as his friend suffers and begs for relief which he refuses to deliver. The next 140 pages follows his journey of grief and rage as he succumbs into madness.
For the brutality and tone of the book it is beautifully written. I believe it really captures the metal impact of WW1 (and war in general) and doesn’t hold back on any gruesome or indecent thoughts, not necessarily for the faint-hearted.
Following a Senegalese soldier fighting under french colonial empire (30,000 killed). He watches as his friend suffers and begs for relief which he refuses to deliver. The next 140 pages follows his journey of grief and rage as he succumbs into madness.
For the brutality and tone of the book it is beautifully written. I believe it really captures the metal impact of WW1 (and war in general) and doesn’t hold back on any gruesome or indecent thoughts, not necessarily for the faint-hearted.
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It is an unique read. Not my favorite, but i liked the story that it contains. It was not the best read i had.