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Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

30 reviews

reubengood's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bookish_skies's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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catherineneeds's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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megelizabeth's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

This was a really interesting read and it had a lot of elements that I enjoyed. I liked getting to know our protagonist, Chris, and I particularly loved the friendship he and Sally develop. I appreciated the book's structure and how it feels almost like there's a cohesive narrative, but there's just a slightly 'off' feeling with the non-linear storytelling and the technically separate (but much more interconnected than I was expecting) tales. There's also, of course, a lot of great commentary embedded within this, and it definitely gave me something of a new (or developed) perspective on interwar Berlin.

My main issue with this book - and this may be more of a 'me thing' - was that the Peter/Otto storyline both confused and irked me and I just didn't really get what I was supposed to make of it all. I can accept that maybe it was a case of me just not quite 'getting it', but it still didn't make for an enjoyable reading experience and ruined the flow of an otherwise solid read for me.

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