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Magda Szabó

4.13 AVERAGE

lucyqwang's review against another edition

3.0

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

annemijnvk's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

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Ik heb deze van Nóri gekregen, wat het natuurlijk al een speciaal boek maakt en ik heb het dan ook met volle aandacht gelezen. Je ziet de relatie tussen Emerence en de (autobiografische) hoofdpersoon opbouwen en afbreken in een serie anekdotes. Het is echt heel mooi geschreven.

De laatste 100 pagina’s voelde alleen een beetje als een downward spiral. Nóri omschreef het mooi als dat je t eigenlijk allemaal mis ziet gaan maar niet kan ingrijpen, maar dat je toch nog hoopt dat alles goedkomt. Maar dat zegt wel iets over de kwaliteit van het boek.

Ik ben benieuwd of meer geopolitieke context het nog een beter boek zou maken.

aislingk7's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

samridhi's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

eleonora_f's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

yogurtime's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

seedwa's review against another edition

2.0

dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Started off incredibly strong, has to be one of the best opening chapters to any book I’ve read. Was great for the first third, but the metaphors became repetitive over the course of the book and it stagnated down into loose and meaningless abstractions. 

Translation work is incredible. 

emmaryan's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

fbroom's review against another edition

4.0

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This is a book about the relationship between two different women.
It was a difficult book to read. It was strange, dark and intense. Every sentence is dense and powerful.

chealey14's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes