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The Deluge by Henryk Sienkiewicz

annkowa's review against another edition

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challenging 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

3.25

psychodelicznylot's review against another edition

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5.0

kocham andrzeja kmicica i michała wołodyjowskiego
fr sienkiewicz zasluguje na światową swoją sławę i nobla

tyneath's review against another edition

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3.0

Audiobook

bakastarl's review against another edition

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3.0

wczoraj skończyłam
nie było źle, ciężko mi sie czytało przez świadomość że mam do skończenia jeszcze 2 tomy później

dobrochna's review against another edition

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3.0

czemu.to.tyle.trwało.

ptactwo's review against another edition

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3.25

Idk. On the other hand for sure an engaging read, like, it is a good quality adventure novel (something actually harder to come by than one could expect). On the other, psychological construction of characters is, like. Bad. To put it mildly. 

It was fun to read about friendships, even decades long ones, that still retain very clear status distinction between friends. I think contemporary world doesn't do that. Friends are your equals. 

Deeply unsexy. Both in the sense of actual eroticism (and you have torture scenes! tension between characters in love! consensual and nonconsensual relations are an important topic there!) and in the vague sense of being sexy that I'm not gonna try and define rn. 

Didacticism, didacticism, okay, to be expected, whatever, I don't care. Fun to think about how much we can trust the narrator - small glimpses that tell you it isn't actually a simple didacticism, esp. in that sequence when Kmicic goes to raid, murder and pillage Prussian villages and prays to Mary while people around him scream for mercy. Probably Sienkiewicz might be hiding more than he lets on. I think I have somewhere saved some book analysing his writing, I should look into it at some point.

mariasmigielska's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging slow-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

3.75

brekekeks_'s review against another edition

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2.0

2.80

aniagajecka's review

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adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

airamainefats's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0