Reviews

Bartleby and Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

mireillerb's review against another edition

5.0

Estoicismo personificado.

caleboh_1's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I get it. Passive resistance, yadda yadda. Slog to read. My edition had such an abysmal font I wanted to die.

yuukat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

fr_eddie's review against another edition

3.0

3,75 mi sarebbe piaciuto che la parte finale fosse un po' più lunga, ma bello.

Bartleby pazzo pazzissimo, ma non per questo mi ha messo a disagio o dato fastidio. Questo libro mi sembra come osservare la mente, anche se da lontano, di un personaggio particolare.

Lo consiglierei? Sì, è una lettura veloce e simpatica

jonisbookquest's review against another edition

3.0

3,5*

aftaerglows's review against another edition

è sempre un dispiacere non riuscire ad apprezzare un classico amato da tante persone, ma ho provato a leggere bartleby diverse volte e non sono mai andata oltre le 10 pagine. con l'audiolibro finalmente sono riuscita a fare progressi ma non l'ho apprezzato comunque. sarà la scrittura, sarà la noia, sarà la connessione che ho fatto tra questo libro e il vecchio e il mare (durante entrambe le letture il mio cervello pensava alla stessa cosa: che due palle) ma non andiamo d'accordo, meglio il riassunto di wikipedia. magari riproverò tra dieci anni.

bookmaster4's review against another edition

3.0

Not super interesting, definitely repetitive and lots of words I had to look up. I read it for school so that might be part of it but overall I wasn’t really a fan.

maria_borges1507's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

cinnamonspy's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

While I am not a fan of Melville in his choice of stories to write about nor his writing style, this story is good example of Melville's satanist worldview (fighting against God because He is unjust).

ketutar's review against another edition

3.0

Hmm... another difficult to review story... at times it felt like Mark Twain, but of course, it isn't the least comical.