2.2k reviews for:

Die Wand

Marlen Haushofer

4.05 AVERAGE

daryl_tan's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

giadrian's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

kevinsmom_hasgotitgoingon's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I almost DNF-ed this halfway through but I’m glad I didn’t. Yes the pacing is very slow and a lot of the book is a woman telling you about farm work, but I think - if you can lean into that - this is a very beautiful book that has a lot to say.

I will also just echo many other reviews, men ruin everything. 

henrikonilsone's review against another edition

4.5

inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mjdun1212's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

theperksofthewild's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Etwas bizarr, aber seltsam klar und fokussiert lebt es sich mit „der Wand“.

Titelgebend, aber in der Geschichte bloß Hintergrundmotiv, isoliert die Wand unsere Hauptfigur und treibt indirekt ihr Handeln voran.

Spannend und unsagbar faszinierend, wie leicht sich die aussichtslose Lage vergessen lässt, wie genügsam von Arbeit zu Arbeit gelebt werden kann und sich die Realität mitsamt ihrer Umstände verschiebt.

Die Autorin versteht es hervorragend, mit gleichmäßigen, alltäglich anmutenden Szenen das Sonderbare zu untermauern – und tritt damit unverhohlen nah an den Lesenden heran.

zoeinthenight's review against another edition

3.25

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Depressingly cozy

jmsci2's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

alexaela's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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As an invisible wall rises an other starts to crumble. 

The wall, or in this case 'Le mur invisible', is the tale of a lone woman in a (not so) man less world of her own, stuck in a limbo between a selfish past human existence she rejects and a selfless future within an all encompassing nature she fears. Based on its story and my rating : the odd middle child, right behind "I who have never known men" and slightly above "Annihilation".
Oddly enough, I find this one to be the most complete of the 3 in all that it tries to explore and contain, which makes sense considering both its page count and the rather simplicity of its premise and plot. 

beththeawkward's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No