Reviews - A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

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A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters

Julian Barnes

3.8 AVERAGE

harry_mcwhirter's review against another edition

2.0

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

jaspersandwich's review against another edition

4.0

Immensely enjoyable short stories that overlap in themes and motifs. Diverse in style, form and voice, this collection has you scratching your head with a pithy smile on your face. Well-worth coming back to.

artmcfart's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful fast-paced

ratwizardben's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kikirobion's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

i find this unfunny, the writing style feels stale, thoroughly unenjoyable

yorkshirepudding70's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

soapyjo's review against another edition

3.0

An interesting premise. Essentially interlinked short stories rather than a unified whole but they cover a time span from Noah's ark to the present day. Some of the stories were excellent; The opener on the ark, the trial. Some were pretty good; the shipwreck, the last story and the rest were readable but didn't always grab or felt just a little too predictable. Worth a read and probably contains something for everyone but just not engaging enough to be on my list of favourite books