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arianamdb's review
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
_anamarija_'s review
5.0
This novel made me think a bit more about the destiny. Are certain people truly destined to be forever alone note being able to fight away the destiny that will, sooner or later, catch up with them; or is it that it only takes a bit more courage to make something happen, to actually say out loud the words that are only being told within the comfort zone of our own mind?
mjcglz's review against another edition
3.0
un libro que explica una relación amorosa con números primos gemelos. 11 y 13. están tan cerca pero siempre los separa un número par. y mientras más altos son los números, menos pares de primos gemelos hay. cada vez existe más distancia entre ellos y nunca se van a juntar.
tizianabooks's review against another edition
1.0
one of the most overrated books of all time. nothing original, indeed, a copy of "Love in the time of cholera" and "One day" but badly written and without an end. It's a very simple reading if you don't get bored of the characters with no psychological introspection and with some psychiatric problems.
x0pherl's review
5.0
An almost impossibly beautiful book about horrible things. Before finishing the first two chapters, I was physically finding it difficult to breath (the first time that's ever happened to me reading a book that isn't about difficulty breathing) and yet I never once voluntarily put the book down- reading it in what is as close as a working parent can achieve on a Thursday to a single reading and staying up till 2 in the morning because I simply could not stop reading it.
Here's an excerpt (with names left out to keep this 100% spoiler free (don't let this quote make you fear that the book is math heavy, it is not at all, this is one of the very few sections that describes any math):
Here's an excerpt (with names left out to keep this 100% spoiler free (don't let this quote make you fear that the book is math heavy, it is not at all, this is one of the very few sections that describes any math):
In his first year at university, [he] had learned that, among prime numbers, there are some that are even more special. Mathematicians call them twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents them from truly touching. Numbers like 11 and 13, like 17 and 19, 41 and 43. If you have the patience to go on counting, you discover that these pairs gradually become rarer. You encounter increasingly isolated primes, lost in that silent, measured space made only of ciphers, and you develop a distressing presentiment that the pairs encountered up until that point were accidental, that solitude is the true destiny. Then, just when you’re about to surrender, when you no longer have the desire to go on counting, you come across another pair of twins, clutching each other tightly. There is a common conviction among mathematicians that however far you go, there will always be another two, even if no one can say where exactly, until they are discovered.
[He] thought that he and [she] were like that, twin primes, alone and lost, close but not close enough to really touch each other. He had never told her that. When he imagined confessing these things to her, the thin layer of sweat on his hands evaporated completely and for a good ten minutes he was no longer capable of touching anything.
giard's review
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
veerahja's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
reginas_books's review
4.0
This book is beautiful in its own way; quirky and definitely a necessary read for the general audience. Loved the characters, but they were a bit typical. Beautiful inclusion of the mathematics that the title suggests.
polletta's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5