Reviews

Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, Heinrich Steinhöwel, Adelbert Von Keller

marlena_czyta's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 - jestem szczerze zaskoczona ile zabawy miałam przy wielu historiach z XIV w., jestem też zaskoczona jak wiele chuci jest w tych historiach. To są pozytywne zaskoczenia, ale niestety często też wkradała się nuda i powtarzalność. Wnioskiem po lekturze jest, że wiele wartości z wieku XIV pokrywa się z tymi z wieku XXI. Cieszę się, że poświęciłam czas tej pozycji.

nekochan69's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.25

Would definitely be a 4 star read were it not for the outrageous sexism.

anikaliv's review against another edition

Read about 200 pages of assorted chapters assigned for class. It was pretty fun, so if there weren't time constraints, I probably would have read more.

alaidemo's review against another edition

3.0

Finally!
Me gusta mucho el contraste que hay entre El Conde Lucanor y El Decamerón, pero algunos cuentos de este segundo se me hicieron muy repetitivos: misma historia, diferentes personajes; o mismos personajes, diferente historia (que acababa burlando a alguien, ugh).
Algunos me divirtieron, en otros casi me persigno o casi me dormía.
Es un punto medio, los cuentos de los primeros cinco días me gustaron más que los restantes.

iriswindmeijer's review against another edition

4.0

I only read day one and day ten for school and I liked it! This book is certainly one I'd like to finish :)

nick_99's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

zoefcampion's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.25

fun because it’s like 1001 nights but not so fun because of the violent humor that goes too far

rileysradreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

occultislm's review against another edition

2.0

While I fully understand the importance of this book both for italian and world literature, it simply didn’t appeal to me and I couldn’t care less about it.

saralo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

3.0