The World and All That It Holds: A Novel by Aleksandar Hemon

3.89 AVERAGE

sarvs18's review against another edition

4.25
challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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teainthelibrary's review against another edition

3.75
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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: Complicated
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thievingmagpie's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

joshua_burcham's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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lisagray68's review against another edition

Couldn’t get into this at all
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lil_owl_reads's review against another edition

God. The pacing in this book is /so/ off. The main relationship of this book jumps to present and erotic right off the bat. I’m not saying every book needs a slow burn, but I’m saying that it feels odd that my first introduction to this relationship I’m supposed to be cheering for starts with one rubbing off the other. Other people comment the amount of untranslated languages in this book, and even as a enjoyer of language and etymology myself, it made me… not want to read. Odd, but just because it’s not my vibe doesn’t mean it couldn’t be someone else’s. In conclusion I don’t know how to feel.  

lexipedia1693's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

hpc1c21's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

katkex's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
I’m not usually one for historical fiction, but I found this quite beautiful.

“Snijeg pade na behar na voće, neka ljubi ko god koga hoće”

https://youtu.be/7tRIGt7sglc

jrudy's review against another edition

4.75
challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes