217 reviews for:

L'Assommoir

Émile Zola

3.9 AVERAGE

cerys_xray_witch's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny sad slow-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

bukanizator's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wwwait_whatsup's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Probably the best crafted story by Zola I’ve read so far but damn is this a sad book ouch

freyaaskew's review against another edition

3.0

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okay, would have been 4 but kind of put me in a reading slump

judahkaresh's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad slow-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

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A strong contender for the most depressing book I've read. It took me a long time to read, but I think that's more my fault than the book's. L'Assommoir starts out sad and then attempts to deceive the reader that things might actually turn out pretty good for the protagonists before slowly spiraling into misery. It was usually captivating enough when I actually got around to reading it, but it did not manage to suck me in. Likely one I'll come back to in the future. 

doc's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

georgioszog's review against another edition

5.0

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Ίσως το εκπληκτικότερο και πληρέστερο από τα επτά μυθιστορήματα που έχω διαβάσει ως τώρα, της εικοσάτομης σειράς Ρουγκόν-Μακάρ, με αυτό να είναι το έβδομο κατά σειρά έκδοσης. Η ιστορία της Ζερβέζ Μακάρ-Κουπώ, μιας πλύστρας που αφήνει τη μικρή πόλη Πλασσάν (γενέτειρα όλων των Ρουγκόν-Μακάρ) και εγκαθίσταται στο Παρίσι με τον εραστή της και τα δύο τους παιδιά και από εκεί αρχίζει με τα πάνω της και τα κάτω της, η προσωπική της καταστροφή, μια καταστροφή που θυμίζει αργή σήψη πτώματος. Στο πρόσωπο της Ζερβέζ καθρεφτίζεται ολόκληρη η εργατική τάξη που κάθε μέρα εξαθλιώνεται ακόμη περισσότερο από την ανέχεια και καταφεύγει στον αλκοολισμό (εξού και ο τίτλος του μυθιστορήματος) για να βυθιστεί σε μια νάρκη λησμονιάς. Ένα πραγματικό αριστούργημα της γαλλικής λογοτεχνίας και ένα ακόμη ψηφιδωτό στη μεγάλη αυτή σύνθεση των Ρουγκόν-Μακάρ.

neneubo's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective sad slow-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

neufdepique's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad 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

evergs's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes